cn type 6993

Mint

Byzantion 🔍

Region: Thrace

Date

c. 147-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ

Design

Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse

Legend

ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΤΥΧΗΣ ΠΟ

Design

Prow, right.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍

eponymous deity/heroes: Tyche Poleos (Gottheit) 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

3 unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

22 mm (1x)

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8680

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 52, nr. 1385, pl. 70, pic. 1385 ❐

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. 8680 ❐

Literature

Mionnet, S.T.2.Description de médailles antiques, grecques et romaines, avec leur degré de rareté et leur estimation: ouvrage servant de catalogue à une suite de vingt mille empreintes en soufre prises sur les pièces originales, 1822 p. 249, nr. 271 ❐

Sallet, Beiträge zur Antiken Münz- und Alterthumskunde 9, 1882 p. 148 ❐

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

Sanclemente, Mvsei Sanclementiani Nvmismata SelectaLiber 2: Imperatorvm Romanorvm Graeca Aegyptiaca Et Coloniarvm Illvstrata Cvm Figvris, 1808 p. 243, pl. 22, pic. 172 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8680 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.309 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 6993, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6993 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]