cn type 8799

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

Nude Aphrodite standing facing, covering breasts with right arm and pudenda with left hand; at her feet, dolphin.
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Persons

Sitter: Crispina 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

Double unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 20 mm / Min: 18.4 mm

Average Weight

3.86 g (1x)

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 195, nr. XII.6.1 ❐

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. 11144 ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 132, nr. 1127 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/11144 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 8799, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8799 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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