Byzantion, Trajan, bronze (CN type 13418)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

98–117 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin type in bronze struck at Byzantion in Thrace under Trajan dated 98–117 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13418. Obverse: Radiate bust of Trajan, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Inverted trident entwined by Dolphin, head downwards.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
20.4 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
5.35 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Byzantion
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Trajan

Design

Obverse type
Radiate bust of Trajan, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Inverted trident entwined by Dolphin, head downwards.
Obverse legend
ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΒ ΓΜ ΔΑΚΙ
Reverse legend
ΝΕΙΚΗϹ ΤΟ Δ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13418
Type corpus identifier
CN type 13418

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