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Markianopolis, Philippus Arabs, bronze coin — Athena advancing right (CN type 16412)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 244–249

Issuing entity

Moesia inferior

Coin in bronze struck at Markianopolis in Moesia inferior 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 16412 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Α*VΓ* *ωΤ*ΑΚ ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄ. Reverse: Athena advancing right, wearing helmet and aegis; holding spear in her right hand and balancing shield on her raised leg with her left hand. Legend: VΠ ΠΡΑϹΤ ΜΕϹϹΑΛΛΕΙΝΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 12.21 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).

Published references cited by the corpus: RPC VIII: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VIII: Philip (AD 244–249). Online, nr. unassigned; ID 27876; Linked type corpus, RPC VIII, (unassigned; TypeID 27876).

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Historical context

Philip the Arab was Roman Emperor from 244 to 249, reigning alongside his wife, Empress Marcia Otacilia Severa. During his reign, the Danubian frontier was a strategic focus, with Philip repelling an incursion by the Carpi across the Danube in 246 and later sending Decius to Moesia and Pannonia to suppress rebellions. This civic bronze issue was struck under his authority at Marcianopolis, a capital city located in Moesia Inferior.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
12.21 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Markianopolis
Region
Moesia inferior
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Philippus Arabs

Design

Obverse type
Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed.
Reverse type
Athena advancing right, wearing helmet and aegis; holding spear in her right hand and balancing shield on her raised leg with her left hand.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Α*VΓ* *ωΤ*ΑΚ ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄ
Reverse legend
VΠ ΠΡΑϹΤ ΜΕϹϹΑΛΛΕΙΝΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ

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/16412
Type corpus identifier
CN type 16412

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