cn coin 659

Connected to Type

CN Type 7042 🔍

Mint

Byzantion 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐

Date

c. 178 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍

Obverse

Die

Byz_2059_V19 🔍

Legend

ΒΥΖΑΣ

Design

Head of bearded Byzas, right, wearing crested helmet with open visor. Border of dots.
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Reverse

Die

Byz_2059_R23 🔍

Legend

ЄΠ · ΑΙ · ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟV *ΗΡ*

Design

Prow with two naval rams, left; on top, emperor (Marcus Aurelius) standing left, extending right hand, holding spear in left arm.
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Persons

eponymous deity/heroes

Aelius Ponticus 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

4 unit 🔍 ❐

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

23 mm

Weight

6.90 g

Axis

12

Owner

Nomismatiko Mouseio, Athen, gr  ❐
Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.
Provenience: Sammlung Stamules

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin [de] ❐
Plaster Cast No: 2059, Stamules 189

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8725

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 144, nr. 2059, pl. 126, pic. 2059  ❐

Oikonomos and Varoucha-Christodoulopoulos, Νομισματική Συλλογή Αναστασίου Σταμούλη, Athen 1955 nr. 189  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 144, nr. 2059-2061, pl. 126  ❐

Oikonomos and Varoucha-Christodoulopoulos, Νομισματική Συλλογή Αναστασίου Σταμούλη, Athen 1955 nr. 189  ❐

Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ nr. 8725  ❐

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cn coin 659, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_659 [Last downloaded: 2025/04/18]

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