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cn type 220

Edition
cn.mesembria.1_ed.286
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
Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia.
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Type variations

1. Iconographic variation revers: calathus.

Persons

Sitter: Philippus iunior 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 28 mm / Min: 24 mm
Average Weight
10.60 g (8x)
Axes
7 (3x) 8 (1x)
Citation

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 442-444, nr. 425-451, pl. 153/154, pic. 425-451  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 360, nr. 4290 ❐

editions

cn.mesembria.1_ed.286  🔍

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