RPC IV.1, 3909 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3909 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Uncertain
Issue Second half of second century AD
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Poseidon, right
Reverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design dolphin (head upwards)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1977–8, Cop 494$
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: ex coll. Stamules 157 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1977/1, pl. 120 (V1 and R1)
2 2     Cop: 494
3 3     O Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1977/3, pl. 120 (V1 and R1)
4 4     Ratto 24/06/1929, pl. 11.268
5 5     Venice-MC Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1977/5, pl. 120 (V1 and R1)
6 6     ✸ V: GR 34960 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1977/6, pl. 120 (V1 and R1), ex coll. E.J. Seltman, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
7 7     P: 354 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1978, pl. 120 (V1 and R2)