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cn type 8915

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

196-198 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ Π
Design
Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΗΓ ϹΤΑ ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟV ΜΗΤΡ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΙ
Design
Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, strangling the Nemean lion.
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Persons

Sitter: Septimius Severus 🔍  

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Titus Statilius Barbarus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 32.6 mm / Min: 30.6 mm
Average Weight
20.38 g (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 211, nr. XIII.11.4  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 135, nr. 1162 ❐

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cn type 8915, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8915 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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