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cn coin 565

Connected to Type

CN Type 7120 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

2. c. AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1992_V1 🔍
Design
Draped bust of Hermes, right, wearing winged taenia.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1992_R1 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΒΥΖΑΝ-ΤΙΩΝ
Design
Winged caduceus. Border of dots.
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Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
18 mm
Weight
3.45 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: 1992, London 251

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1932

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 137, nr. 1992.1, pl. 122, pic. 1992/1  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 137, nr. 1992-1997, pl. 122 ❐

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. 1932 ❐

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cn coin 565, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_565 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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