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Poimanenon, Philippus Arabs, bronze coin — Tyche standing left (CN type 12827)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 244–249

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Poimanenon in Mysia under Philippus Arabs, dated AD 244–249. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12827 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥ. Reverse: Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. Legend: ΠΟΙΜΑΝΗΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 4.57 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 20.2 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Kaufmann and Stauber, Poimanenon bei Eski Manyas? Zeugnisse und Lokalisierung einer kaum bekannten Stadt, p. 79, nr. 55; Linked type corpus.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
20.2 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
4.57 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Poimanenon
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Philippus Arabs

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
Obverse legend
ΑΥ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥ
Reverse legend
ΠΟΙΜΑΝΗΝΩΝ

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/12827
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12827

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