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cn type 8900

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

193-211 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
Design
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing scale cuirass.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΗΤΡΟ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Design
Artemis standing right, holding bow and branch; at her feet, left, stag.
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Persons

Sitter: Septimius Severus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 29.1 mm / Min: 28.3 mm
Average Weight
16.44 g (1x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 221, nr. XIII.23.4  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 143, nr. 1225 ❐

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cn type 8900, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8900 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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