RPC IV.1, 8691 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8691 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Dvine Faustina II (goddess as honorary official)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 178–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ (Θ) ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1404–5, BMC 65
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Fox) Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1404/1, pl. 71 (V60 and R87) = Cat. 151, no. 78
2 2     Prowe III, 221, pl. V
3 3     ✸ L: BMC 65 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1405, pl. 72 (V60 and R88), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
4 4     SNG Evelpidis 923