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cn type 8548

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Dionysus on panther advancing right, holding thyrsus in left hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 19.3 mm / Min: 18.6 mm
Average Weight
3.98 g (2x)
Public Commentary

Varbanov: abweichende Datierung.

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 159, nr. XI.46  ❐

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. 10922  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 125, nr. 1022 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10922 ❐

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cn type 8548, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8548 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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