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cn type 8971

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

193-211 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ ϹΕ(Π) ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ
Design
Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ
Design
Nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, left, panther.
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Persons

Sitter: Septimius Severus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 17.3 mm / Min: 16.6 mm
Average Weight
3.88 g (2x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 233-234, nr. XIII.36.2  ❐

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cn type 8971, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8971 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/10]

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