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cn type 8789

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΚΡΙϹΠЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ
Design
Draped bust of Crispina, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Nude Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus.
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Persons

Sitter: Crispina 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 20.2 mm / Min: 17.9 mm
Average Weight
4.62 g (6x)
Axes
1 (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 200, nr. XII.17  ❐

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. 7625  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 133, nr. 1148 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7625 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 8789, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8789 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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