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cn coin 293

Connected to Type

CN Type 6994 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 147-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1394_V53 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙ-ΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius, right.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1394_R77 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩ*Ν Ε*ΠΙ ΤVΧΗϹ ΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Design
Prow with naval ram, right. Linear border.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍  

eponymous deity/heroes: Tyche Poleos (Gottheit) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
23 mm
Weight
5.95 g
Owner

Nationalmuseet, Kongelige Mønt- og Medaillesamling, Kopenhagen, dk ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 1394, Kopenhagen Byzanz 507

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8684

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 53, nr. 1394  ❐

Mionnet, S.T.2.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, 1822 p. 249, nr. 271a  ❐

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Kopenhagen 6/2, Kopenhagen p. 9, nr. 507  ❐

Pick, Die Personen- und Götternamen auf Kaisermünzen von Byzantion 27, 1895 p. 32, nr. 5  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 53, nr. 1393-1394, pl. 70 ❐

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. 8684 ❐

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cn coin 293, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_293 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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