cn type 8739
cn type 8739-0
cn type 8739-1
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cn type 8739

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 Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus.
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Persons

Sitter: Faustina II. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Average Weight
4.30 g (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 124, nr. IX.7  ❐

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. 7501  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 110, nr. 894 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7501 ❐

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cn type 8739, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8739 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/16]

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