cn type 8566
cn type 8566-0
cn type 8566-1
Legend
Mint
Hoard
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cn type 8566

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

2. half of 1. c. BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Beardless male head (Marcus Antonius), left.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Design
Prow, right, on top trophy, at its bottom, anchor and rudder crossing.
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Persons

Sitter: Marcus Antonius 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 18 mm / Min: 17 mm
Average Weight
3.76 g (8x)
Axes
12 (3x)
Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1770

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 130, nr. 1886-1890, pl. 113, pic. 1886-1890  ❐

Burnett et al., RPC I: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. I: From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius: 44 BC-AD 69, London [u.a.] 1992 nr. 1770  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1770 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.218  🔍

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cn type 8566, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8566 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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