cn type 1398
cn type 1398-0
cn type 1398-1
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cn type 1398

Mint
Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

139-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Bare head of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Design
Heracles standing left, resting on club, holding lion skin in left arm.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 26 mm / Min: 25 mm
Average Weight
8.91 g (3x)
Axes
6 (2x) 7 (1x)
Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 53, nr. 21  ❐

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. 9305  ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 200, nr. 7-12, pl. 11  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 121, nr. 1437 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/9305 ❐

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cn type 1398, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1398 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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