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cn coin 299

Connected to Type

CN Type 7011 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 175 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1402_V59 🔍
Legend
ΑVΤ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΟΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1402_R85 🔍
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΜΕΜ(ΜΙ) ΜΑΡΚΟV ΗΡΩΟϹ ΤΟ Β ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Design
Two torches; inbetween modius containing two poppies and two ears of corn.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍  

eponymous deity/heroes: Memmius Marcus 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
6 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
34 mm
Weight
20.40 g
Axis
12
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18235215

Provenience: Imhoof-Blumer 1900

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 1402, Imhoof

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8690

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 55, nr. 1402.1, pl. 71, pic. 1402/1  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 55, nr. 1402-1403, pl. 71 ❐

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. 8690 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/181571 ❐

Cite this record:

cn coin 299, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_299 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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