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cn type 8936

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 and paludamentum; gorgoneion on cuirass.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΗΤΡΟ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩ
Design
Nude Apollo (Bonus Eventus) standing left, holding patera and laurel-branch; at his feet, altar.
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Persons

Sitter: Septimius Severus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 29.6 mm / Min: 29.2 mm
Average Weight
15.53 g (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 218, nr. XIII.21.3.2  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 147, nr. 1260 ❐

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cn type 8936, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8936 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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