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Koila, Philippus Arabs, bronze coin — Prow (CN type 3307)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. AD 244–249

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin in bronze struck at Koila in Thrace under Philippus Arabs, dated c. AD 244–249. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 3307 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: IVL PHILIPPVS AVG. Reverse: Prow, right. Legend: AEL MVNI COELA. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.45 g (mean of 8 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 17.5–19 mm (from 7 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: RPC VIII: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VIII: Philip (AD 244–249). Online, nr. 48801; Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007, p. 314, nr. 2938; Linked type corpus, RPC VIII, 48801.

Evidence at a glance

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3
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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
17.5–19 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.45 g (mean of 8 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Koila
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Philippus Arabs

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Prow, right.
Obverse legend
IVL PHILIPPVS AVG
Reverse legend
AEL MVNI COELA

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/3307
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3307

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