RPC IV.1, 8694 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Ἀννία Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή Ἀνν<ί>α Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Annia Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΤΥΧΗϹ ΠΟΛΕωϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙωΝ (Ζ reversed)
Edition ἐπὶ Τύχης πόλεως Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ Τύχης πόλεως Βυζαντίων
Translation under the Fortune of the city of the Byzantines
Reverse design two tunnies, left; between, dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.16 g
Axis 3, 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1412–13
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen 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)