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cn type 225

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Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-247 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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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
Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus iunior 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
Max: 28 mm / Min: 24 mm
Average Weight
11.39 g (6x)
Axes
1 (1x) 6 (2x)
Citation

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 434, nr. 343-353, pl. 149 

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 358, nr. 4277

editions

cn.mesembria.1_ed.277  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 225, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/225 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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