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cn type 8925

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 193-211 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
Design
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass; gorgoneion on cuirass.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΗΤΡΟ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Design
Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings spread, holding a wreath in beak.
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Persons

Sitter: Septimius Severus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 32 mm / Min: 28.2 mm
Average Weight
17.48 g (8x)
Axes
4 (1x) 5 (1x) 6 (1x) 12 (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 234, nr. XIII.37.1.2  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 144, nr. 1230, 1231 ❐

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cn type 8925, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8925 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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