cn type 6999

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 ΔΙΟΝVϹΟV ΤΟ Ϝ

Design

Prow with naval ram, left; on top, emperor (Marcus Aurelius) standing left, raising right arm, holding parazonium in left arm.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍

eponymous deity/heroes: Dionysos (Gottheit) 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

3 unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 22 mm / Min: 21 mm

Average Weight

5.22 g (2x)

Axes

1 (1x) 12 (1x)

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8681

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 52, nr. 1386, pl. 70, pic. 1386 ❐

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. 8681 ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Zur Geschichte Thrakiens anhand von griechischen Münzbildern aus der römischen Kaiserzeit 49, 1967 p. 234, nr. 32 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8681 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.305 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 6999, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6999 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]