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Mesembria, Philippus Arabs, bronze (CN type 15296)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

244–249 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin type in bronze struck at Mesembria in Thrace under Philippus Arabs dated 244–249 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 15296. Obverse: Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, wearing paludamentum, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed and draped. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, holding patera and tympanum; at her feet, lion.

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
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/15296
Type corpus identifier
CN type 15296

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