RPC IV.1, 8698 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8698 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Magistrate Anthos, son of Nikon
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 164–169
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΝΘΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἄνθου Βυζαντίων
Translation under Anthos, of the Byzantines
Reverse design two tunnies; top one, left; lower one, right; between, dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.78 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1418–19
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     ✸ P: 399 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1418/2, pl. 73 (V69 and R99), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     L: 1921-2-13-100 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1419, pl. 73 (V69 and R100)