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cn coin 791

Connected to Type
CN Type 8043 🔍
Mint
Byzantion 🔍
Region: Thrace
Date
c. 212-217 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍
Obverse
Die
Byz_1553_V118 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse Α*ΝΤ*ΩΝΙΝΟϹ - ΑVΓΟVϹΤΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass, holding spear over left shoulder with left hand.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1555_R227 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠΙ ΑΙ ΠΟ*ΝΤ*ΙΚΟV ΒVΖΑ*ΝΤ*Ι*ΩΝ*
Design
Two torches, inbetween, lighted altar.
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Persons
Sitter
Caracalla 🔍
Magistrate
Aelius Ponticus (2) 🔍
Metrology
Denomination
7 unit 🔍
Material
bronze  🔍
Diameter
29 mm
Weight
15.71 g
Owner
Istanbul Arkeoloji, Müzeleri Müdurlügü, Istanbul, tr
Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.
Owner Inventory No.: 377
Provenience: Sammlung Diojen
Reproduction Owner
BBAW, Berlin [de]
Plaster Cast No: 1555, Istanbul 377
Citation
Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 78, nr. 1555 
Literature
Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 78, nr. 1554-1556, pl. 85  
Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 513  
Cite this record:
cn coin 791, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_791 [Last downloaded: 2025/05/25]
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