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cn type 243

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Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-248 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Μ ΩΤ ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄΒ
Design
Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Artemis standing left, holding patera and branch; at her feet, stag and roe.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Sitter: Otacilia Severa 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
Max: 26.5 mm / Min: 25 mm
Average Weight
10.46 g (2x)
Axes
1 (1x)
Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 353-354, nr. 4221-4222

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 416-418, nr. 175-179, pl. 140/141, pic. 175-179

editions

cn.mesembria.1_ed.247  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 243, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/243 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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