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cn coin 1170

Mint
Nikaia 🔍  
Date

c. 253-268 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1867_V18 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΠΟV ΛΙ ΕΓ - Γ-ΑΛΛΙΗΝΟᛈ
Design
Radiate bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1869_R29 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩ-Ν - ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ / i.f. Ο/Μ/Ο/Ν/Υ/Α
Design
Two torches.
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Persons

Sitter: Gallienus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
22 mm
Weight
10.05 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: 1869, London 208

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 128, nr. 1869, pl. 111, pic. 1869  ❐

Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 233, nr. 3a  ❐

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cn coin 1170, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_1170 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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