Mesembria, Philippus Arabs, bronze (CN type 15300)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
244–249 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Mesembria in Thrace under Philippus Arabs dated 244–249 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 15300. Obverse: Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, wearing paludamentum, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed and draped. Reverse: Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26.1 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.95 g (mean of 1 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
- Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Μ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΒΗΡΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/15300
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 15300
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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
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