RPC IV.1, 3910 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3910 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Magistrate Memmios Markos (heros for the second time)
Dating c. 175
Obverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΣ (Σ shaped as Ζ)
Edition Βυζᾶς
Translation Byzas
Obverse design head of Byzas (bearded) wearing helmet, right
Reverse inscription Ε ΜΑΡΚοΥ Β ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐ(πὶ) Μάρκου βʹ Βυζαντίων
Translation under Marcus, for the 2nd time, of the Byzantines
Reverse design galley with sail, left; on stern, two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.04 g
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2046
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Löbb) Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2046/1, pl. 125 (V11 and R12)
2 2     Sofia Mouchmov 3265, pierced, 7.10g
3 3     V: GR 8486 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2046/3, pl. 126 (V11 and R12)
4 4     NY: 1973.191.3
5 5     ✸ Yale: ex PRF