cn type 7079
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cn type 7079

Edition
cn.byzantium.1_ed.275
Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 37-41 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΓΑΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΥ
Design
Bare head of Caligula, left.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Design
Two tunnies swimming right.
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Persons

Sitter: Caligula 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 22 mm / Min: 19 mm
Average Weight
4.36 g (4x)
Axes
2 (1x) 12 (2x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 44, nr. 1309-1312, pl. 63, pic. 1310  ❐

Burnett et al., RPC I: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. I: From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius: 44 BC-AD 69, London [u.a.] 1992 p. 322, nr. 1780  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1780 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.275  🔍

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