cn type 8317
cn type 8317-0
cn type 8317-1
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cn type 8317

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

163-169 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ
Design
Bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΗΓΕ ΤΟΥ Λ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ ΑΠΟΔ ΥΠΑ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΙ
Design
Bearded river-god (Hebros) reclining left, holding ears of corn and poppy, resting on water-urn.
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Type variations

1. Iconography in the background of the revers: tree.

Persons

Sitter: Lucius Verus 🔍  

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Quintus Tullius Maximus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
32 mm (1x)
Average Weight
25.59 g (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 128, nr. X.7.2.2, X.7.3  ❐

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. 7505  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 111, nr. 904 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7505 ❐

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cn type 8317, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8317 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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