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cn type 8561

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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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
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 20.4 mm / Min: 18.8 mm
Average Weight
3.18 g (1x)
Public Commentary

Varbanov: abweichende Datierung.

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 131, nr. 1118 ❐

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cn type 8561, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8561 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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