RPC IV.1, 8689 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8689 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Severus (hieromnemon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 164–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ ΑΡΜ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ϹΕΥΗΡΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1401
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ St Florian Kenner, p. 23, pl. I.13 = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1401, pl. 71 (V58 and R84), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin