cn type 23890

Mint

Tyras 🔍

Date

147–161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΒΗΡΙϹϹΙΜΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ

Design

Bare head of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right.
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Reverse

Legend

ΤΥΡΑΝΩΝ

Design

Athena standing facing, head left, wearing long garment and helmet, holding patera in outstretched right hand and left hand resting on shield placed on ground; behind, a lance.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 20 mm / Min: 19 mm

Average Weight

4.38 g (2x)

Axes

12 (2x)

Citation

Anochin, Antičnye monety Severnogo Pričernomor‘ja, Kiev 2011 nr. 73 ❐

Abramzon and Frolova, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Russland. Staatliches Historisches Museum Moskau. Münzen des nördlichen Schwarzmeergebietes, Berlin-Boston 2019 nr. 86-92 ❐

Zograf, Monety Tiry, Moskva 1957 p. 84, nr. 53 ❐

Frolova, Katalog monet antičnoj Tiry, 2006 p. 61-62, nr. 3 ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3671 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 23890, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/23890 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]