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cn coin 639

Connected to Type

CN Type 7055 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 176 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_2055_V16 🔍
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_2055_R19 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse Є · Θ · - ΦΑV // ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙ/ΩΝ
Design
Prow with naval ram, left; on top, trophy. On the left the emperor, emperor (Marcus Aurelius) standing right on base with shield on it, holding spear in right hand, extending left hand.
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Persons

eponymous deity/heroes: Faustina II. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 26 mm / Min: 24 mm
Owner

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 2055, Lewis Cambridge 28, Corpus Christi

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8723

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 143, nr. 2055, pl. 126, pic. 2055  ❐

Bompois, Collection Ferdinand Bompois = M. H. Hoffmann, Auktionskatalog, Paris 16. Januar 1882, 1882 nr. 585  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 143, nr. 2055-2056, pl. 126 ❐

Bompois, Collection Ferdinand Bompois = M. H. Hoffmann, Auktionskatalog, Paris 16. Januar 1882, 1882 nr. 585 ❐

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. 8723 ❐

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cn coin 639, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_639 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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