cn type 7048

Mint

Byzantion 🔍

Region: Thrace

Date

c. 178 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΒΡ ΚΡΙϹΠΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ ΑVΤ Κ Λ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ

Design

Confronted busts of youthful Commodus, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Crispina diademed and draped.
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Reverse

Legend

ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠ(Ι) ΑΙ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟV Η

Design

Artemis advancing left, holding torch in both hands.
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Type variations

1. Both arms with torches raised.

Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍

eponymous deity/heroes: Aelius Ponticus 🔍

Sitter: Crispina 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

6 unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 30 mm / Min: 27 mm

Average Weight

14.61 g (3x)

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8714

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 63, nr. 1454-1455, pl. 76 ❐

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. 8714 ❐

Literature

Svoronos, Νομίσματα ανάλεκτα 3, 1839 pl. 2, pic. 8 ❐

Pick, Die Personen- und Götternamen auf Kaisermünzen von Byzantion 27, 1895 p. 35, nr. 12 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8714 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.342 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 7048, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7048 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]