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cn type 8797

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

178-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΚΡΙϹΠЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ
Design
Draped bust of Crispina, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Bearded river-god (Hebros) reclining left, holding cornucopia and reed, resting on water-urn.
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Persons

Sitter: Crispina 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 19.9 mm / Min: 17.3 mm
Average Weight
4.71 g (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 196, nr. XII.23.2  ❐

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. 7623  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 133, nr. 1155 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7623 ❐

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cn type 8797, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8797 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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