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cn type 7934

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥ Μ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate head of Commodus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Tripod, from whose bowl a snake winds.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 21.1 mm / Min: 11.1 mm
Average Weight
3.80 g (12x)
Axes
1 (1x) 6 (1x)
Public Commentary

Varbanov: abweichende Datierung.

Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 188, nr. XI.71  ❐

Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ nr. 7609, 7610  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 130, nr. 1103-1106 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7609 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7610 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 7934, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7934 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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