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cn type 8602

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

180-182 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ [...]Η ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΗΓΕ ϹΟVЄΛ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟV ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Dionysus standing in biga drawn by two panthers, right, holding thyrsus in right hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Quintus Caecilius Secundus Servilianus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 133, nr. XI.4  ❐

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. 7522  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7522 ❐

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cn type 8602, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8602 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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