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cn type 8893

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

196-198 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ϹЄ ϹЄΥΗΡΟϹ ΠЄ
Design
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΗΓ ϹΤΑ ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Design
Nude Dionysus standing left, wearing boots, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, panther.
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Persons

Sitter: Septimius Severus 🔍  

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Titus Statilius Barbarus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 30.7 mm / Min: 29 mm
Average Weight
17.67 g (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 207, nr. XIII.6.2  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 138, nr. 1174 ❐

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cn type 8893, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8893 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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