cn type 1579

Mint

Bizye 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Typology

Date

244-249 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ

Design

Radiate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse

Legend

ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ

Design

Adlocutio scene; two laureate emperors (Philip the Arab and Philippus iunior) in military attire riding right on horseback, raising right arms, being acclaimed by legionaries in front of them.
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Persons

Sitter

Philippus Arabs 🔍 ❐

Sitter

Philippus iunior 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

6 unit 🔍 ❐

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

34 mm (1x)

Average Weight

25.48 g (1x)

Axes

7 (1x)

Citation

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 246, nr. 25, pl. 34  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 134, nr. 1560  ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48697  ❐

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cn type 1579, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1579 [Last downloaded: 2025/05/23]

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