cn type 1558

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; with aegis on left shoulder and eagle on breastplate.
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Reverse

Legend

ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ

Design

Hades-Serapis, Demeter and Isis; in the centre, Hades-Serapis enthroned, extending right, holding sceptre in left hand; in front, Cerberus; to left, Demeter, holding torch in right hand; at her feet, Kynokephalos; to right, Isis, left, holding sistrum and cornucopia; at her feet, Harpocrates, holding cornucopia in left arm.
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Persons

Sitter

Philippus Arabs 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

Medallion 🔍

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

Max: 40 mm / Min: 38 mm

Average Weight

44.99 g (1x)

Axes

1 (1x)

Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 72, nr. 136  ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 240, nr. 12-14, pl. 31-32  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 133, nr. 1546  ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48687  ❐

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cn type 1558, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1558 [Last downloaded: 2025/12/12]

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