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cn type 8784

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Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath, curls falling on each shoulder.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Design
Ostrich advancing right.
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Persons

Magistrate: Marcus Aurelius Fronto 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 25 mm / Min: 22 mm
Average Weight
6.07 g (2x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 150, nr. 2125, pl. 131, pic. 2125  ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.270  🔍

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cn type 8784, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8784 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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