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cn type 459

Edition
cn.mesembria.1_ed.281
Mint
Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-247 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΜΑΡ ΙΟVΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Confronted busts of Philippus iunior, bare-headed, and of Serapis, wearing kalathos.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon; at her feet, lion.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus iunior 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
27 mm (1x)
Average Weight
11.04 g (1x)
Axes
2 (1x)
Citation

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 442, nr. 423-424, pl. 153, pic. 423-424  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 359, nr. 4286 ❐

editions

cn.mesembria.1_ed.281  🔍

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