cn type 8721
cn type 8721-0
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cn type 8721

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

147-176 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Design
Draped bust of Faustina II, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Apollo (Sauroktonos) standing right, legs crossed, holding arrow in right hand; resting left arm column with a lizard climbing up.
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Persons

Sitter: Faustina II. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27.2 mm / Min: 24 mm
Average Weight
9.33 g (7x)
Axes
8 (1x) 9 (1x)
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. 7486  (To this type also belongs RPC 7477.)  ❐

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 110, nr. IX.1.1  (To this type also belongs Varb. IX.1.2.)  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7486 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 8721, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8721 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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