RPC IV.1, 8692 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8692 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Divine Faustina II (goddess as honorary official)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 178–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΘΕΑϹ ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Θεᾶς Φαυστίνης Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ Θεᾶς Φαυστίνης Βυζαντίων
Translation under the goddess Faustina, of the Byzantines
Reverse design two torches; between, kalathos with four ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.25 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1406–7
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1406, pl. 72 (V61 and R89)
2 2     Rome Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1407, pl. 72 (V62 and R89)