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cn type 8608

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 scale cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΗΓΕ ϹΟVЄΛ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟV ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and sceptre.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Quintus Caecilius Secundus Servilianus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
33 mm (1x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 135, nr. XI.9  (Nike is interpreted as patera.)  ❐

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cn type 8608, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8608 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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