cn type 8617
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cn type 8617

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

187-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑV Κ ΜΑΡ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΡΟΥΕΙΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Bearded river-god (Hebros) reclining left, holding branch?, resting on water-urn.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Quintus Caecilius Secundus Servilianus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
29 mm (1x)
Average Weight
15.12 g (1x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 143, nr. XI.22  ❐

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. 7514  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7514 ❐

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cn type 8617, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8617 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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