cn coin 792
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cn coin 792

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CN Type 8043 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 212-217 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1553_V118 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse Α*ΝΤ*ΩΝΙΝΟϹ - ΑVΓΟVϹΤΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass, holding spear over left shoulder with left hand.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1556_R228 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠ ΑΙ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟV - ΒVΖΑ*ΝΤ*Ι*ΩΝ*
Design
Two torches, inbetween, lighted altar.
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Persons

Sitter: Caracalla 🔍  

Magistrate: Aelius Ponticus (2) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
7 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
29 mm
Weight
15.03 g
Owner

Unknown, ,

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 1556, WeberL 62, III, 2579

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 78, nr. 1556, pl. 85, pic. 1556  ❐

Forrer, The Weber Collection. Greek coins: Macedon - Thrace - Thessaly - North Western, Central and Southern Greece 2, London 1924 pl. 156, pic. 2579  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 78, nr. 1554-1556, pl. 85 ❐

Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 513 ❐

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cn coin 792, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_792 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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