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Koila, Philippus Arabs, bronze coin — Genius standing left (CN type 11780)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. AD 244–249

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin in bronze struck at Koila in Thrace under Philippus Arabs, dated c. AD 244–249. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 11780 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: IM M IVL PHILIPPVS. Reverse: Genius standing left, holding statue (simulacrum) and cornucopia. Legend: AE [..]LA. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 4.49 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 24 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: RPC VIII: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VIII: Philip (AD 244–249). Online, nr. 70282; Linked type corpus, RPC VIII, 70282.

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
24 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
4.49 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Koila
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Philippus Arabs

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Genius standing left, holding statue (simulacrum) and cornucopia.
Obverse legend
IM M IVL PHILIPPVS
Reverse legend
AE [...]LA

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11780
Type corpus identifier
CN type 11780

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