RPC IV.1, 8684 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8684 (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(ΛΕΩϹ) ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ (with ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ)
Edition ἐπὶ Τύχης πόλεως Βυζαντίων
Translation under the Fortune of the city of the Byzantines
Reverse design prow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.54 g
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1393–4, Cop 507
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Warsaw: 55809 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1393, pl. 70 (V52 and R76)
2 2     ✸ Cop: 507 (rev. only illustrated), obverse worn, on reverse ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩ{ΝΕ}ΠΙ in ligature, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin