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cn type 246

Edition
cn.mesembria.1_ed.251
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Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-248 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Μ ΩΤ ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄ(Β)
Design
Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Sitter: Otacilia Severa 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 29 mm / Min: 25 mm
Average Weight
12.69 g (3x)
Axes
1 (1x) 7 (1x) 12 (1x)
Citation

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 418-420, nr. 200-204, 212  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 354, nr. 4230 ❐

editions

cn.mesembria.1_ed.251  🔍

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cn type 246, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.mesembria.1_ed.251 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/16]

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