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cn coin 581

Connected to Type

CN Type 7825 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

2. c. AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_2004_V9 🔍
Design
Draped bust of Hermes, right, wearing winged taenia.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_2006_R13 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΒΥΖΑΝ-ΤΙΩΝ
Design
Winged caduceus. Border of dots.
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Metrology
Denomination
Byzantium: lower than one unit 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
14 mm
Weight
1.70 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: 2006, London 252

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 138, nr. 2006, pl. 123, pic. 2006  ❐

Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 97, nr. 52  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 138, nr. 2004-2008, pl. 123 ❐

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 581, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_581 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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