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cn coin 657

Connected to Type

CN Type 7116 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 176 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_2057_V17 🔍
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_2057_R21 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ЄΠΙ - ΘЄ-ΑϹ ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΗϹ ·
Design
Prow with naval ram, right; on top, laureate emperor (Marcus Aurelius) standing left on decorated base, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, extending right hand, holding spear in left arm; to left, in front of the emperor, trophy.
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Persons

eponymous deity/heroes: Faustina II. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
23 mm
Weight
7.10 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: 2057, Sir Weber 25/5

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8724

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 144, nr. 2057.3  ❐

Forrer, The Weber Collection. Greek coins: Macedon - Thrace - Thessaly - North Western, Central and Southern Greece 2, London 1924 p. 98, nr. 2575  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 144, nr. 2057, pl. 126 ❐

Grose, Catalogue of the McClean collection of Greek coins 1, Cambridge 1923 p. 147, nr. 4250, pl. 153, pic. 14 ❐

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. 8724 ❐

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cn coin 657, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_657 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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