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cn coin 9072

Connected to Type

CN Type 1403 🔍

Mint
Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

139-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟV-ΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Bare head of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΒΙΖV-Η-ΝΩΝ
Design
Bearded river-god reclining left, head right, resting on long reed with right hand, resting left arm on water-urn. Ground line. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
23 mm
Weight
10.03 g
Owner

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

Provenience: Fonds général 286

Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 53, nr. 22.1  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 121, nr. 1438 ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 200, nr. 4-6 ❐

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 53, nr. 22 ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 200, nr. 4-6, pl. 11 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 121, nr. 1438 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/168260 ❐

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cn coin 9072, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_9072 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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