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Obol - Antoninus Pius Philippopolis
| Issuer | Philippopolis |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Thracian civic coinage. The emperor's effigy occupies the central field, with the portrait displaying characteristic mid-second century modeling. The surrounding Greek legend reads ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, abbreviating his imperial titulature, distributed along the periphery of the flan. The flan is irregular in outline, consistent with hand-struck provincial bronze production of the Antonine period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC |
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Philippopolis in Thrace — modern Plovdiv — was among the more prolific provincial minting cities under the Antonines, producing a sustained run of bronze issues across the reign. This particular type is catalogued in RPC IV.1 as #7438, a project that remains in its online-only provisional phase for this volume, meaning attributions and die linkages are still subject to revision as new specimens surface.