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cn coin 300

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CN Type 7011 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 175 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1402_V59 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΑVΤ · Μ · ΑVΡ · - ΑΝΤΟΝЄΙΝΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1402_R85 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ЄΠΙ · ΜЄΜ · ΜΑΡ - ΚΟV · ΗΡΩΟϹ · ΤΟ · Β / i.f.u. ΒV/ΖΑΝ/ΤΙ/ΩΝ
Design
Two torches; inbetween, above, modius containing two poppies and two ears of corn.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍  

eponymous deity/heroes: Memmius Marcus 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
29 mm
Axis
7
Owner

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Neapel, it

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Owner Inventory No.: F6356

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: 1402, Neapel F6356

Public Commentary

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

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 55, nr. 1402.2 

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

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cn coin 300, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_300 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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