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cn coin 291

Connected to Type

CN Type 7000 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 147-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1390_V51 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙ-ΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Bare head of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1390_R73 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse · ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟV / i.f.o. ΤΟ Ϝ
Design
Prow with naval ram, right. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍  

eponymous deity/heroes: Dionysos (Gottheit) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
22 mm
Weight
5.38 g
Owner

Ashmolean Museum, Heberden Coin Room, Oxford, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 1390, Oxf 35

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8683

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 53, nr. 1390, pl. 70, pic. 1390  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 53, nr. 1390, pl. 70, pic. 1390 ❐

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cn coin 291, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_291 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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