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cn type 8443

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥ ΜΑ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate head of Commodus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
She-wolf standing right, feeding the twins Romulus and Remus.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 24.6 mm / Min: 22.6 mm
Average Weight
9.15 g (3x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Public Commentary

Varbanov: abweichende Datierung.

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 187, nr. XI.69.1  ❐

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. 7573, 10221  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 131, nr. 1117-1119 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7573 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10221 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 8443, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8443 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/16]

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