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cn coin 621

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CN Type 7008 🔍

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Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 164-169 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_2045_V10 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΒΥΖΑΣ
Design
Head of bearded Byzas, right, wearing crested helmet with open visor. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_2045_R11 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛΙ - ϹΕ-VΗΡ-ΟV
Design
Prow with naval ram, right, in waters; on top, emperor (Marcus Aurelius?), standing on base, head left, holding spear in right arm, extending left hand. Border of dots.
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Persons

Magistrate: Aelius Severus 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
23 mm
Weight
7.00 g
Owner

Istanbul Arkeoloji, Müzeleri Müdurlügü, Istanbul, tr

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Owner Inventory No.: 365

Provenience: Sammlung Diojen

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: 2045, Istanbul 365

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8718

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 141, nr. 2045 

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 141, nr. 2041-2045, pl. 125

Tiepolo and Theupolus, Musei Theupoli Antiqua Numismata, Venetiis 1736 nr. 1255

Pick, Die Personen- und Götternamen auf Kaisermünzen von Byzantion 27, 1895 p. 33, nr. 7

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. 8718

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cn coin 621, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_621 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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