cn type 6978
cn type 6978-0
cn type 6978-1
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cn type 6978

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 128-136 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΟϹ ΤΟ Β
Design
Corinthian helmet, right.
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Persons

Sitter: Hadrian 🔍  

eponymous deity/heroes: Demeter (Gottheit) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
6 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 28 mm / Min: 24.7 mm
Average Weight
11.32 g (6x)
Axes
1 (3x) 3 (1x) 6 (1x) 12 (1x)
Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/1086

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 50, nr. 1369-1373, pl. 68  ❐

Amandry et al., RPC III: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138), London :  Paris 2015 nr. 1086  ❐

Literature

Oikonomos and Varoucha-Christodoulopoulos, Νομισματική Συλλογή Αναστασίου Σταμούλη, Athen 1955 nr. 201 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/1086 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.296  🔍

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cn type 6978, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6978 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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