RPC IV.1, 8679 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8679 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Me(mmios?) Markos (hieromnemon)
Dating c. 147–161, soon after 147
Obverse inscription ] ΑΝ[
Obverse design laureate(?)-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΕ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ (Ζ reversed)
Reverse design Corinthian helmet, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1384
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 392, pierced, 10.90g
2 2     ✸ Turin, Library = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1384/2, pl. 70 (V48 and R67), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin