cn type 7006
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cn type 7006

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 164-169 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Design
Bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΙΕΡΟΜΝΑ ΑΙΛΙ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΟΙϹ
Design
Nike standing left, holding palm branch and wreath; left, altar surmounted by Corinthian helmet.
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Persons

Sitter: Lucius Verus 🔍  

Hieromnemon: Aelius Severus 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
Max: 33.3 mm / Min: 31 mm
Average Weight
19.37 g (2x)
Axes
6 (2x)
Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8700

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 58, nr. 1423, pl. 74 

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. 8700 

Literature

Tiepolo and Theupolus, Musei Theupoli Antiqua Numismata, Venetiis 1736 nr. 914

Svoronos, Νομίσματα ανάλεκτα 3, 1839 pl. 1, pic. 20

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8700

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.328  🔍

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cn type 7006, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7006 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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