RPC IV.1, 8686 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8686 (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
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΕ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ (ΙΕΡΟ) ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Με(μμίου) Μάρκου ἱερο(μνάμονος) Βυζαντίων
Translation under Me(mmios?) Markos, hieromnemon of the Byzantines
Reverse design prow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.13 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1396–8
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lischine 334, pl. VI
2 2     Gotha Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1397, pl. 70 (V54 and R80)
3 3     ✸ P: 394 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1398, pl. 71 (V55 and R81), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin