cn type 10983

Mint

Philippopolis 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Typology

Date

c. 218-222 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ

Design

Laureate bust of Elagabalus, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse

Legend

ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟV

Design

Three nude athletes; middle one placing hand into prize urn.
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Type variations

1. Iconographic variation revers: prize urn between left and middle athlete.

2. Iconographic variation revers: prize urn between middle and right athlete.

Persons

Sitter

Elagabal 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

Medallion 🔍

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

Max: 40.3 mm / Min: 40.1 mm

Average Weight

34.74 g (2x)

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 351-352, nr. XVII.3  ❐

Gaebler, Die Losurne in der Agonistik, 1929 p. 281, nr. 13  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 200, nr. 1739  ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 10983, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/10983 [Last downloaded: 2023/12/03]

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