cn type 7008
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cn type 7008

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 164-169 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΒΥΖΑΣ
Design
Head of bearded Byzas, right, wearing crested helmet.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛΙ ΣΕΥΗΡΟΥ
Design
Prow right; on top, emperor (Marcus Aurelius) standing on base, behind emperor, trophy.
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Persons

Magistrate: Aelius Severus 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 26 mm / Min: 22 mm
Average Weight
7.74 g (7x)
Axes
1 (1x) 6 (2x) 12 (1x)
Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8718

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 141, nr. 2041-2045, pl. 125  ❐

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. 8718  ❐

Literature

Tiepolo and Theupolus, Musei Theupoli Antiqua Numismata, Venetiis 1736 nr. 1255 ❐

Pick, Die Personen- und Götternamen auf Kaisermünzen von Byzantion 27, 1895 p. 33, nr. 7 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8718 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.255  🔍

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cn type 7008, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7008 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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