Kallatis, Philippus Arabs, bronze (CN type 22493)

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Record status

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Issuing entity

Moesia inferior

Coin type in bronze struck at Kallatis in Moesia inferior under Philippus Arabs, catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22493. Obverse: Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Apollo or Bonus Eventus standing facing, head left, holding patera in outstretched right hand over lighted and garlanded altar and branch in lowered left hand.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
26.7 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
7.66 g (mean of 1 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
Nude Apollo or Bonus Eventus standing facing, head left, holding patera in outstretched right hand over lighted and garlanded altar and branch in lowered left hand.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
Reverse legend
ΚΑΛΛΑ-ΤΙΑΝΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22493
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22493

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