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cn coin 690

Connected to Type
CN Type 7126 🔍
Mint
Byzantion 🔍
Region: Thrace
Date
Roman Imperial Period  🔍
Obverse
Die
Byz_2089_V8 🔍
Design
Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath, one curl falling on each shoulder. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_2089_R13 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΒΥΖΑΝ-ΤΙΩΝ
Design
Bunch of grapes on vine branch. Border of dots.
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Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍
Material
bronze  🔍
Diameter
22 mm
Weight
7.62 g
Owner
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr  
Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.
Owner Inventory No.: 366
Provenience: Fonds général 366
Reproduction Owner
BBAW, Berlin [de]
Plaster Cast No: 2089, Paris 365
Public Commentary
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10363
Citation
Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 147, nr. 2089, pl. 128, pic. 2089 
Mionnet, T.1. Description de médailles antiques, grecques et romaines, avec leur degré de rareté et leur estimation: ouvrage servant de catalogue à une suite de vingt mille empreintes en soufre prises sur les pièces originales, Paris 1806 p. 378, nr. 97 
Literature
Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 147, nr. 2084f., 2089-2094, pl. 128, pic. 2084 (Type criterion: two curls)   
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. 10364  
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cn coin 690, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_690 [Last downloaded: 2025/06/20]
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