cn type 8732

Mint

Philippopolis 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

147-176 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ΝΕΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ

Design

Draped bust of Faustina II, right.
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Reverse

Legend

ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Design

Nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus.
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Persons

Sitter: Faustina II. 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

Double unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 19.3 mm / Min: 19.2 mm

Average Weight

3.23 g (1x)

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 124, nr. IX.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. 7635 ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 110, nr. 888-889 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7635 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 8732, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8732 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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