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cn type 1499

Mint
Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-249 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Design
Hades-Serapis seated left on throne, wearing kalathos, extending right hand, holding sceptre in left hand; in front, Cerberus.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
30 mm (4x)
Average Weight
13.29 g (5x)
Axes
6 (1x) 7 (1x)
Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 63, nr. 73  ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 256-258, nr. 75-82, pl. 39-40  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 133, nr. 1545 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48636 ❐

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cn type 1499, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1499 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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