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cn coin 56709

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CN Type 7016 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 175 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ Κ
Design
Bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ Μ ΜΑΡΚΟV Η(Ρ) ΤΟ Β
Design
Corinthian helmet, right.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

eponymous deity/heroes: Memmius Marcus 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
6 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
28.9 mm
Weight
12.63 g
Axis
6
Owner

Bernisches Historisches Museum, Bern, ch ❐

Owner Inventory No.: N/82.261

Provenience: Righetti

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 60, nr. 1433-1437, pl. 74 ❐

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. 8707 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/186471 ❐

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cn coin 56709, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_56709 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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