RPC IV.1, 8700 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8700 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Severus (hieromnemon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 164–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ οΥΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟΜΝΑ ΑΙΛΙ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΟΙϹ
Reverse design Nike standing, facing, holding wreath and palm-branch; to left, altar surmounted by Corinthian helmet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1423
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1423/1, pl. 74 (V71 and R104)
2 2     Rome
3 3     ✸ V: GR 8499 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1423/3, pl. 74 (V71 and R104)