cn type 6991
cn type 6991-0
cn type 6991-1
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cn type 6991

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 147-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑV ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Design
Bare head of Antoninus Pius, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΤVΧΗϹ ΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Design
Torch.
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Persons

Sitter: Antoninus Pius 🔍  

eponymous deity/heroes: Tyche Poleos (Gottheit) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
29 mm (1x)
Average Weight
13.41 g (1x)
Axes
6 (1x)
Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8677

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 51, nr. 1382, pl. 70, pic. 1382  ❐

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. 8677  ❐

Literature

Pick, Die Personen- und Götternamen auf Kaisermünzen von Byzantion 27, 1895 p. 32, nr. 5 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8677 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.301  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 6991, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6991 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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