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Mesembria, Philippus Arabs, bronze coin — Cybele enthroned left (CN type 15296)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 244–249

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin in bronze struck at Mesembria in Thrace 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 15296 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, wearing paludamentum, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed and draped. Legend: ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ Μ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄΒ. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, holding patera and tympanum; at her feet, lion. Legend: ΜΕϹΑΜΒ-ΡΙΑΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 10.99 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 25.9–26.6 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: RPC VIII: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VIII: Philip (AD 244–249). Online, nr. 48405; Kapossy and Righetti, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Schweiz. 2: Münzen der Antike: Katalog der Sammlung Jean-Pierre Righetti im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Bern 1993, nr. 278, pl. 19; Linked type corpus.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
25.9–26.6 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.99 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Mesembria
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Philippus Arabs

Design

Obverse type
Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, wearing paludamentum, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed and draped.
Reverse type
Cybele enthroned left, holding patera and tympanum; at her feet, lion.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ Μ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄΒ
Reverse legend
ΜΕϹΑΜΒ-ΡΙΑΝΩΝ

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/15296
Type corpus identifier
CN type 15296

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