cn type 8605

Mint

Philippopolis 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

180-182 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ

Design

Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse

Legend

ΗΓΕ ϹΟVЄΛ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟV ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Design

Emperor (Commodus) in military attire standing left, holding patera and spear; at his feet, altar; behind, Nike, crowning emperor, holding palm branch.
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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. 134, nr. XI.5.3 ❐

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. 7529 ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7529 ❐

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cn type 8605, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8605 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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