cn type 6994
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cn type 6994

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 147-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΤVΧΗΣ ΠΟΛ(ΕΩΣ)
Design
Prow, right.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍  

eponymous deity/heroes: Tyche Poleos (Gottheit) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 23 mm / Min: 20.5 mm
Average Weight
5.54 g (2x)
Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8684

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 53, nr. 1393-1394, pl. 70  ❐

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. 8684  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8684 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.310  🔍

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cn type 6994, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6994 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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