RPC IV.1, 8685 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8685 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Magistrate Me(mmios?) Markos (hieromnemon)
Dating c. 147–161, soon after 147
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ [ΜΑΡΚΟΥ Ι]ΕΡΟΜ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design prow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1395
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 395 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1395, pl. 70 (V53 and R78), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin