cn type 459

Edition

cn.mesembria.1_ed.281

Mint

Mesembria 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Typology

Date

244-247 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΜΑΡ ΙΟVΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ

Design

Confronted busts of Philippus iunior, bare-headed, and of Serapis, wearing kalathos.
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Reverse

Legend

ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ

Design

Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon; at her feet, lion.
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Persons

Sitter

Philippus iunior 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

4 unit 🔍 ❐

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

27 mm (1x)

Average Weight

11.04 g (1x)

Axes

2 (1x)

Citation

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 442, nr. 423-424, pl. 153, pic. 423-424  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 359, nr. 4286  ❐

editions

cn.mesembria.1_ed.281 🔍

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cn type 459, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/cn.mesembria.1_ed.281 [Last downloaded: 2025/01/23]

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