cn type 8417
cn type 8417-0
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cn type 8417

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

180-182 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Bare-headed bust of bearded Commodus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΗΓΕ ϹΟΥΕΛ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Athlet (or Hermes) standing left, holding caduceus and discus; in front, two spears and uncertain object; behind, vessel (prize urn ?) with palm branch set on column.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Titus Suellius Marcianus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
30 mm (1x)
Average Weight
16.08 g (1x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 134, nr. XI.6  ❐

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. 7523  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 119, nr. 953 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7523 ❐

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cn type 8417, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8417 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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