RPC IV.1, 8680 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8680 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating c. 147–161, soon after 147
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΤΥΧΗϹ ΠΟ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Τύχης πό(λεως) Βυζαντίων
Translation under the Fortune of the city of the Byzantines
Reverse design prow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1385
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Milan: coll. Brera Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1385, pl. 70 (V49 and R68), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin