Kallatis, Philippus Arabs, bronze coin — Hades-Serapis seated left on throne (CN type 16468)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 244–249
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin in bronze struck at Kallatis 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 16468 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ. Reverse: Hades-Serapis seated left on throne, wearing kalathos, extending right hand, holding sceptre in left hand; in front, Cerberus. Legend: ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 12.63 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 27.7 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898, nr. 348; RPC VIII: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VIII: Philip (AD 244–249). Online, nr. 663; Linked type corpus.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27.7 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.63 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kallatis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Philippus Arabs
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Hades-Serapis seated left on throne, wearing kalathos, extending right hand, holding sceptre in left hand; in front, Cerberus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ
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/16468
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 16468
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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