cn type 8398
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cn type 8398

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

187 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, left, panther, right, small satyr.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Caecilius Maternus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 29.2 mm / Min: 28 mm
Average Weight
12.11 g (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 146, nr. XI.30  ❐

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. 7530  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 120, nr. 964 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7530 ❐

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cn type 8398, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8398 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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