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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙ ΠοΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΗΡ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1410–11
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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)