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cn coin 637

Connected to Type

CN Type 7054 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 176 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_2053_V15 🔍
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_2054_R18 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse Є Θ - ΦΑV-ϹΤΙΝΙϹ · // ΒVΖΑΝΤΙ/ΩΝ
Design
Prow with naval ram, left; on top, emperor (Marcus Aurelius) standing facing, head left on base with shield on it, extending right hand, holding spear in left arm. Border of dots.
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Persons

eponymous deity/heroes: Faustina II. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
24 mm
Weight
6.52 g
Owner

Biblioteca Academiei Române, Cabinetul de numismatică, Bukarest, ro ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Owner Inventory No.: 61/1234

Provenience: Sammlung Sutzu

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 2054, Buk, Bibl. 153

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8722

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 143, nr. 2054.1, pl. 126, pic. 2054/1  ❐

Moisil, Creşterea colecţiilor 1938, 1938 p. 21, nr. 189  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 143, nr. 2052.2054 ❐

Lavy, Museo numismatico Lavy, appartente alla R.Accademia delle Scienze di Torino., Torino 1839 nr. 999 ❐

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. 8722 ❐

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cn coin 637, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_637 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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