RPC IV.1, 8690 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8690 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Memmios Markos (heros and second archon)
Dating c. 175
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΕΜ(ΜΙ) ΜΑΡΚοΥ ΗΡΩοϹ ΤΟ Β ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design two torches; between, kalathos with two poppies and two ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1402–3
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1402/1, pl. 71 (V59 and R85), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     N: Fiorelli 6356
3 3     Münzhandlung Basel 1 (1934), 1339, pl. 32
4 4     V: GR 8497 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1403/2, pl. 71 (V59 and R86)