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cn type 8478

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Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ ΚΙϹ Λ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Bearded river-god (Hebros) reclining left, resting on water-urn; in background, prora, left.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 18.4 mm / Min: 17.2 mm
Average Weight
2.88 g (2x)
Public Commentary

Varbanov: abweichende Datierung.

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 185, nr. XI.66.1  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 129, nr. 1098 ❐

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cn type 8478, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8478 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/10]

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