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cn type 8906

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
Eumolpus standing left, holding patera and torch.
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Persons

Sitter: Septimius Severus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 29.6 mm / Min: 26.8 mm
Average Weight
14.41 g (4x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 222, 240, nr. XIII.23.6, XIII.40.1  (XIII.40.1 is interpreted as Artemis; however, it seems to be Eumolpus, too.)  ❐

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cn type 8906, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8906 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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