cn type 7052
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cn type 7052

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Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 176 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΝ ΛΟVΚVΛΛΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Design
Draped bust of Lucilla, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ Ε ΘΕ ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΗϹ
Design
Nude Poseidon standing right, left foot on rock, holding trident in right arm and dolphin in left hand, leaned on his left knee.
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Persons

eponymous deity/heroes: Faustina II. 🔍  

Sitter: Lucilla 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
27 mm (1x)
Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8732

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 60, nr. 1429, pl. 74, pic. 1429 

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. 8732 

Literature

Pick, Die Personen- und Götternamen auf Kaisermünzen von Byzantion 27, 1895 p. 34 f., nr. 10

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. 252, nr. 286

Sanclemente, Mvsei Sanclementiani Nvmismata SelectaLiber 2: Imperatorvm Romanorvm Graeca Aegyptiaca Et Coloniarvm Illvstrata Cvm Figvris, 1808 p. 263, pl. 23, pic. 187

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8732

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.331  🔍

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cn type 7052, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7052 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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