cn type 8280

Mint

Philippopolis 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

161-180 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ

Design

Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse

Legend

ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ(Ω)

Design

Ares standing left, wearing helmet, holding patera and spear; at his feet, shield.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

Double unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 18.7 mm / Min: 16.7 mm

Average Weight

3.77 g (1x)

Citation

Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ nr. 7465 ❐

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 103, nr. VII.10.3 ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 104, nr. 804, 812 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7465 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 8280, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8280 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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