cn type 8033

Mint

Philippopolis 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

163-169 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ

Design

Bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse

Legend

ΗΓΕ ΤΟΥ Λ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ ΑΠΟΔ ΥΠΑ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟ(Λ)

Design

Bearded river-god (Hebros) reclining left, holding ears of corn, resting on water-urn.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Quintus Tullius Maximus 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

5 unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 31.8 mm / Min: 29.1 mm

Average Weight

18.89 g (2x)

Public Commentary

Varbanov meint neben den Ähren auch noch einen Mohnkopf zu erkennen. Ich erkenne hier und bei den von Varbanov abgedruckten Exemplaren indes ausschließlich Ähren.

Citation

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. 7504 ❐

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 98, nr. VII.7 ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 103, nr. 799 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7504 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 8033, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8033 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]