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cn coin 560

Connected to Type
CN Type 8757 🔍
Mint
Byzantion 🔍
Region: Thrace
Date
2. c. AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍
Obverse
Die
Byz_1987_V6 🔍
Design
Head of Poseidon, right.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1987_R9 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΒΥΖΑ-ΝΤΙΩΝ
Design
Upright trident entwined by a dolphin, head upwards.
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Metrology
Denomination
unit 🔍
Material
bronze  🔍
Diameter
16 mm
Weight
2.90 g
Owner
British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb  
Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.
Reproduction Owner
BBAW, Berlin [de]
Plaster Cast No: 1987, London 250
Citation
Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 137, nr. 1987.2, pl. 121, pic. 1987/2 
Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 97, nr. 50 
Literature
Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 137, nr. 1986-1991, pl. 121, pic. 1986-1991  
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cn coin 560, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_560 [Last downloaded: 2025/11/07]
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