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Mesembria, Philippus Arabs, 4 unit (CN type 247)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

244-248 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

4 unit in bronze struck at Mesembria in Thrace under Philippus Arabs dated 244-248 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 247. Obverse: Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed. Reverse: Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
4 unit
Recorded diameter
25–26.3 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.39 g (mean of 3 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, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed.
Reverse type
Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ Μ ΩΤ(ΑΚΙΛ) ϹЄΒΗΡΑ
Reverse legend
ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/247
Type corpus identifier
CN type 247

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