cn type 7001

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, right; above, large dot.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍

eponymous deity/heroes: Dionysos (Gottheit) 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

3 unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 22.3 mm / Min: 22 mm

Average Weight

6.18 g (1x)

Axes

6 (1x)

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8682

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 53, nr. 1387, pl. 70, pic. 1387 ❐

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. 8682 ❐

Literature

Mionnet, S.T.2.Description de médailles antiques, grecques et romaines, avec leur degré de rareté et leur estimation: ouvrage servant de catalogue à une suite de vingt mille empreintes en soufre prises sur les pièces originales, 1822 p. 249, nr. 266 ❐

Sallet, Beiträge zur Antiken Münz- und Alterthumskunde 9, 1882 p. 147 ❐

Pick, Die Personen- und Götternamen auf Kaisermünzen von Byzantion 27, 1895 p. 32, nr. 6 ❐

Tiepolo and Theupolus, Musei Theupoli Antiqua Numismata, Venetiis 1736 nr. 899 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8682 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.306 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 7001, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7001 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]