cn type 8591

Mint

Philippopolis 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

161-180 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ

Design

Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right.
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Reverse

Legend

ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Design

She-wolf standing right, feeding the twins Romulus and Remus.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

4 unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 108, nr. VII.19.1 ❐

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. 7475 ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7475 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 8591, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8591 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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