cn type 8470

Mint

Philippopolis 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ

Design

Laureate head of Commodus, right.
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Reverse

Legend

ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Design

Nude Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

Double unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Public Commentary

Varbanov: abweichende Datierung.

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 172, nr. XI.57.1.2 ❐

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. 7547 ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7547 ❐

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cn type 8470, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8470 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/20]

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