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cn coin 794

Connected to Type

CN Type 8045 🔍

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_1558_R230 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠ · ΑΙ · ΠΟ*ΝΤ*Ι-ΚΟV - ΒVΖΑ*ΝΤ*Ι*ΩΝ*
Design
Two torches; on ground inbetween, modius with four ears of corn and a poppy.
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Persons

Sitter: Caracalla 🔍  

Magistrate: Aelius Ponticus (2) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
7 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
32 mm
Weight
19.93 g
Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 428

Provenience: Fonds général 428

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 1558, Paris 428

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 78, nr. 1558.1, pl. 85, pic. 1558/1  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 78-79, nr. 1557-1561.1563, pl. 85 ❐

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cn coin 794, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_794 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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