RPC IV.1, 8687 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8687 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Anthos, son of Nikon
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 164–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΡΜ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Ἀρμενιακός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Ἀρμ(ενιακός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Armenicus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΝΘΟΥ ΝΙΚΩ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἄνθου Νίκωνος Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ Ἄνθου Νίκω(νος) Βυζαντίων
Translation under Anthos, son of Nikon, of the Byzantines
Reverse design Nike standing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.90 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1399
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 8496 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1399, pl. 71 (V56 and R82), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin