cn type 6992
cn type 6992-0
cn type 6992-1
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cn type 6992

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 147-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΝΝ ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Design
Draped bust of Faustina II, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΤVΧΗϹ ΠΟΛΕΩΣ
Design
Dolphin swimming between two tunnies.
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Persons

Sitter: Faustina II. 🔍  

eponymous deity/heroes: Tyche Poleos (Gottheit) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 26 mm / Min: 25 mm
Average Weight
10.16 g (2x)
Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8694

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 57, nr. 1412, pl. 73, pic. 1412  ❐

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. 8694  ❐

Literature

Svoronos, Νομίσματα ανάλεκτα 3, 1839 p. 87, pl. 1, pic. 25 ❐

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

Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek coins in the Hunterian collection 1, Glasgow 1899 p. 396, nr. 23 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8694 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.319  🔍

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cn type 6992, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6992 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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