cn coin 672

Connected to Type

CN Type 7037 🔍

Mint

Byzantion 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐

Date

c. 178 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍

Obverse

Die

Byz_2070_V21 🔍

Legend

ΒΥΖΑΣ

Design

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

Die

Byz_2070_R33 🔍

Legend

ЄΠ · ΑΙ · ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟV · *ΗΡ*

Design

Prow with naval ram, left. Border of dots.
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Persons

eponymous deity/heroes

Aelius Ponticus 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

4 unit 🔍 ❐

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

24 mm

Weight

7.00 g

Owner

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, gb  ❐
Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin [de] ❐
Plaster Cast No: 2070, Leake Byzas

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8730

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 146, nr. 2070.1  ❐

British Academy, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : [England] / The British Academy Vol. 4: Fitzwilliam Museum: Leake and general collections, London 1972 p. 29, nr. 1679  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 145, nr. 2069-2070, pl. 127  ❐

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. 8730  ❐

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cn coin 672, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_672 [Last downloaded: 2025/04/18]

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