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cn coin 793

Connected to Type
CN Type 8045 🔍
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_1557_R229 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ЄΠ ⠁ ΑΙ · ΠΟ*ΝΤ*Ι-ΚΟV ΒVΖΑ*ΝΤ*Ι*ΩΝ*
Design
Two torches; on ground inbetween, modius with four ears of corn and a poppy.
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Persons
Sitter
Caracalla 🔍
Magistrate
Aelius Ponticus (2) 🔍
Metrology
Denomination
7 unit 🔍
Material
bronze  🔍
Diameter
32 mm
Weight
17.84 g
Owner
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr  
Owner Inventory No.: 427
Provenience: Fonds général 427
Reproduction Owner
BBAW, Berlin [de]
Plaster Cast No: 1557, Paris 427
Citation
Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 78, nr. 1557, pl. 85, pic. 1557 
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. 380, nr. 117 
Pick, Die Personen- und Götternamen auf Kaisermünzen von Byzantion 27, 1895 p. 45, nr. 16 
Literature
Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 78-79, nr. 1557-1561.1563, pl. 85  
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