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cn coin 731

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CN Type 8783 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_2123_V21 🔍
Design
Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath, one curl falling on each shoulder. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_2123_R44 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠ ΦΡΟΝΤ*ΩΝ*Ο-Ϲ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Design
Bunch of grapes on vine branch; to right, a leaf. Border of dots.
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Persons

Magistrate: Marcus Aurelius Fronto 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
21 mm
Weight
5.86 g
Axis
7
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: 2123, London 153

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 150, nr. 2123, pl. 130, pic. 2123  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 150, nr. 2123-2124, pl. 130, pic. 2123-2124 ❐

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cn coin 731, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_731 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/23]

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