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cn type 8726

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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
Veiled Demeter standing facing, holding torch in each hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Faustina II. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 26 mm / Min: 23.5 mm
Average Weight
10.05 g (6x)
Axes
1 (1x) 11 (2x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 123, nr. IX.3.5  ❐

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. 7497  (But two torches.)  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 110, nr. 882 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7497 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 8726, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8726 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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