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cn type 6965

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 102-116 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝ ΠΛΩΤΕΙΝΑΝ
Design
Diademed and draped bust of Plotina, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ Γ
Design
Dolphin swimming between two tunnies.
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Type variations

1. Plotina draped with diadem and lotos flower.

Persons

Authority: Trajan 🔍  

Sitter: Plotina 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27 mm / Min: 25 mm
Average Weight
10.06 g (7x)
Axes
6 (1x) 12 (1x)
Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/1070

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 49, nr. 1361-1365, pl. 68  ❐

Amandry et al., RPC III: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138), London :  Paris 2015 nr. 1070  ❐

Literature

Naster, La collection Lucien de Hirsch, Brüssel 1959 nr. 885, pl. 47 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/1070 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.295  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 6965, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6965 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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