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cn coin 665

Connected to Type
CN Type 7036 🔍
Mint
Byzantion 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Date
c. 178 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍
Obverse
Die
Byz_2059_V19 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΒΥΖΑΣ
Design
Head of bearded Byzas, right, wearing crested helmet with open visor. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_2063_R27 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ЄΠ ΑΙ - ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟV *ΗΡ*
Design
Galley sailing left, on board, three rowers in front of two standards; on prow, another transverse standard.
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Persons
eponymous deity/heroes
Aelius Ponticus 🔍
Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍 ❐
Material
bronze  🔍 ❐
Diameter
24 mm
Weight
7.98 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: 2063, London 181
Public Commentary
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8727
Citation
Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 145, nr. 2063, pl. 126, pic. 2063  ❐
Combe, Veterum Populorum Et Regum Numi Qui In Museo Britannico Adservantur, Londini 1814 p. 90, nr. 1  ❐
Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 98, nr. 58  ❐
Literature
Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 145, nr. 2063.2068, pl. 126  ❐
Combe, Veterum Populorum Et Regum Numi Qui In Museo Britannico Adservantur, Londini 1814 p. 90, nr. 1  ❐
Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 98, nr. 58  ❐
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. 8727  ❐
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cn coin 665, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_665 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/16]
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