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cn type 8905

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

193-211 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
Design
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing scale cuirass.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΗΤ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Design
Bearded river-god (Hebros) reclining left, resting on water-urn; behind, tree; in background, prora, left; in exergue, four figures.
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Persons

Sitter: Septimius Severus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 28.9 mm / Min: 27.9 mm
Average Weight
16.21 g (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 253, nr. XIII.55  (Different legend on the avers.)  ❐

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cn type 8905, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8905 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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