RPC IV.1, 8694 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8694 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Dating c. 147–161, soon after 147
Obverse inscription ΑΝΝΑ(sic) ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΤΥΧΗϹ ΠΟΛΕωϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙωΝ (Ζ reversed)
Reverse design two tunnies, left; between, dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 3, 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1412–13
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G: I, 396, no. 23 SNG I, no. 871 = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1412, pl. 73 (V66 and R92), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     ✸ P: 397 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1413, pl. 73 (V66 and R94)