cn type 8569

Edition

An edition has been created for this type.🔍

Mint

Byzantion 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐

Date

2. half of 1. c. BC
Hellenistic Period  🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΒΥΖΑΝ

Design

Laureate head of Apollo, right.
go to the NLP result of this description

Reverse

Legend

ΔΡΑΧΜΑ

Design

Obelisk of Apollo (Karinos) on a double base.
go to the NLP result of this description

Metrology

Denomination

unit 🔍 ❐

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

Max: 17 mm / Min: 15 mm

Average Weight

2.73 g (2x)

Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1773

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 131, nr. 1898-1899, pl. 114, pic. 1898-1899  ❐

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. 1773  ❐

Literature

Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 96, nr. 37  ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1773  ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.221 🔍

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cn type 8569, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/8569 [Last downloaded: 2025/03/25]

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