Deultum, Philippus Arabs, Double unit (CN type 1239)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
244-249 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Deultum in Thrace under Philippus Arabs dated 244-249 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1239. Obverse: Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Dolphin swimming left; holding oar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.77 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Deultum
- 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
- Dolphin swimming left; holding oar.
- Obverse legend
- IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG
- Reverse legend
- C F P D
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1239
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1239
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 434, nr. 1792-1794, annot. Falsche Angabe: Delphin nach links.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 248, nr. 3044
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution