RPC IV.1, 8693 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8693 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Pontikos (heros)
Dating c. 178
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοc
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 ΑΙ ΠοΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΗΡ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰλίου Ποντικοῦ ἥρωος Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ Αἰ(λίου) Ποντικοῦ ἥρ(ωος) Βυζαντίων
Translation under Aelius Pontikos, hero, of the Byzantines
Reverse design torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.52 g
Axis 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1410–11
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb) Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1410/1, pl. 72 (V64 and R92)
2 2     N: Fiorelli 6357
3 3     A Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1411, pl. 72 (V65 and R92)