cn type 8713

Mint

Philippopolis 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

147-176 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ

Design

Draped bust of Faustina II, right.
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Reverse

Legend

ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Design

Nude Apollo standing left, holding laurel-branch in right hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Faustina II. 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

4 unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 24.9 mm / Min: 22.6 mm

Public Commentary

Varbanov glaubt, in der Linken neben dem Gewand noch einen Pfeil zu erkennen.

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 111, nr. IX.1.5 ❐

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. 7492 ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 108, nr. 867 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7492 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 8713, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8713 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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