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cn type 7897

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Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 198 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Design
Europa riding bull, left, holding billowing veil with both hands.
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Persons

Sitter: Caracalla 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
7 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
31 mm (1x)
Average Weight
20.95 g (1x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 72, nr. 1522, pl. 81  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 158, nr. 1774-1775 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.369  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 7897, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7897 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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