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cn type 8517

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate head of Commodus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Emperor (Commodus) in military attire riding right on horseback, raising right arm.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 18.9 mm / Min: 18.1 mm
Average Weight
5.37 g (1x)
Public Commentary

Varbanov: abweichende Datierung.

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 167, nr. XI.48.3  ❐

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. 10472  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10472 ❐

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cn type 8517, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8517 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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