cn coin 668
cn coin 668-0
cn coin 668-1
Legend
Mint
Hoard
Findspot

cn coin 668

Connected to Type

CN Type 7039 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 178 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_2066_V20 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΒΥΖΑΣ
Design
Head of bearded Byzas, right, wearing crested helmet with open visor. Border of dots.
go to the NLP result of this description
Reverse
Die
Byz_2065_R29 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ЄΠΙ ΑΙ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟV *ΗΡ*
Design
Prow with naval ram, right. Border of dots.
go to the NLP result of this description
Persons

eponymous deity/heroes: Aelius Ponticus 🔍

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

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Coin and Medal Collection, Glasgow, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 2066, Hunter 21

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8729

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 145, nr. 2066, pl. 127, pic. 2066  ❐

Combe, Nummorum Veterum Populorum Et Urbium, Qui In Museo Gulielmi Hunter Asservantur: Descriptio Figuris Illustrata, Londini 1782 p. 74, nr. 10  ❐

Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek coins in the Hunterian collection 1, Glasgow 1899 p. 395, nr. 21  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 145, nr. 2065.2066 ❐

Oikonomos and Varoucha-Christodoulopoulos, Νομισματική Συλλογή Αναστασίου Σταμούλη, Athen 1955 nr. 191 ❐

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. 8729 ❐

Cite this record:

cn coin 668, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_668 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

License:

This record is licensed under: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike

Contact

Comments or information about this coin? Please email us