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cn type 8940

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

193-211 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
Design
Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΗΤΡ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Design
Hygieia and Asclepius standing facing each other; Hygieia holding serpent and patera; Asclepius holding serpent staff.
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Persons

Sitter: Septimius Severus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 30 mm / Min: 27.9 mm
Average Weight
16.63 g (3x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 222-223, nr. XIII.25  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 142, nr. 1212 ❐

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cn type 8940, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8940 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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