cn coin 672
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cn coin 672

Connected to Type

CN Type 7037 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 178 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_2070_V21 🔍
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_2070_R33 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ЄΠ · ΑΙ · ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟV · *ΗΡ*
Design
Prow with naval ram, left. Border of dots.
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Persons

eponymous deity/heroes: Aelius Ponticus 🔍

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

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 2070, Leake Byzas

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8730

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 146, nr. 2070.1  ❐

British Academy, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : [England] / The British Academy Vol. 4: Fitzwilliam Museum: Leake and general collections, London 1972 p. 29, nr. 1679  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 145, nr. 2069-2070, pl. 127 ❐

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. 8730 ❐

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cn coin 672, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_672 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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