Byzantion, Marc Aurel, 6 unit (CN type 21876)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 178 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace6 unit in bronze struck at Byzantion in Thrace under Marc Aurel dated ca. 178 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21876. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Artemis (Phosphorus) advancing left, holding torch in each hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 6 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.3 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Byzantion
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Artemis (Phosphorus) advancing left, holding torch in each hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΑΙ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΗΡ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21876
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21876
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 25213
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 35, nr. 12
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 25213
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution