cn type 7553

Mint

Philippopolis 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Typology

Date

136-138 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍

Obverse

Legend

Λ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ

Design

Bare-headed bust of Lucius Aelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse

Legend

ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Design

River-god and city goddess; to left, river-god reclining right, holding reed and resting on water-urn; behind him, reed; to right, city goddess standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and ears of corn.
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Persons

Sitter

Lucius Aelius Caesar 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

5 unit 🔍 ❐

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Average Weight

25.77 g (1x)

Citation

Amandry et al., RPC III: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138), London :  Paris 2015 nr. 753  ❐

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 37, nr. V.3  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 88, nr. 643  ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/753  ❐

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cn type 7553, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/7553 [Last downloaded: 2023/12/03]

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