RPC IV.1, 8683 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8683 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Magistrate Dionysos (in office for the sixth time)
Dating c. 147–161, soon after 147
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (youthful) with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΥ ΤΟ Ϛ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Διονύσου ϛʹ Βυζαντίων
Translation under Dionysos, for the sixth time, of the Byzantines
Reverse design prow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.38 g
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1390
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1390, pl. 70 (V51 and R 73), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin