RPC IV.1, 8697 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8697 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Magistrate Dionysos (in office for the sixth time)
Dating c. 147–161, soon after 147
Obverse inscription ΑΝΝΕΑ(sic) ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Ἀννέα Φαυστεῖνα Σεβα(στή)
Translation Annia Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription [ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΥ] ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΤΟ Ϛ
Edition ἐπὶ Διονύσου Βυζαντίων τὸ ϛʹ
Translation under Dionysos, of the Byzantines for the sixth time
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.12 g
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1416
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 398 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1416, pl. 73 (V67 and R97), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin