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cn coin 629

Connected to Type

CN Type 7115 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 176 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_2049_V13 🔍
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_2049_R14 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse Є-ΠΙ Θ - ΦΑVϹΤΙ · // ΒVΖΑΝ/ΤΙΩΝ
Design
Prow with naval ram, left; on top, emperor (Marcus Aurelius) standing left on base with shield on it, extending right hand, holding spear in left arm; to right, behind emperor, trophy. Border of dots.
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Persons

eponymous deity/heroes: Faustina II. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 23 mm / Min: 22 mm
Weight
6.20 g
Owner

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Münzkabinett, Wien, at ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 2049, Wien 38

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8720

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 142, nr. 2049.6  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 142, nr. 2049, pl. 126 ❐

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. 8720 ❐

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cn coin 629, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_629 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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