RPC IV.1, 10189 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10189 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Divine Faustina II (goddess as honorary official)
Dating c. 176–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ[ο]ΥΚΙοϹ ΚοΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Κόμοδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λούκιος Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Commodus
Obverse design bare head of Commodus (youthful) with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Θ ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Θεᾶς Φαυστίνης Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ Θ(εᾶς) Φαυστίνης Βυζαντίων
Translation under the goddess Faustina, of the Byzantines
Reverse design Artemis advancing, left, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.80 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion —
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A-KIKPE E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 30 = CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 289 = SNG Kikpe II, 241