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cn coin 560

Connected to Type

CN Type 8757 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

2. c. AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1987_V6 🔍
Design
Head of Poseidon, right.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1987_R9 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΒΥΖΑ-ΝΤΙΩΝ
Design
Upright trident entwined by a dolphin, head upwards.
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Metrology
Denomination
unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
16 mm
Weight
2.90 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: 1987, London 250

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 137, nr. 1987.2, pl. 121, pic. 1987/2  ❐

Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 97, nr. 50  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 137, nr. 1986-1991, pl. 121, pic. 1986-1991 ❐

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