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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟΜΝΑ ΑΙΛΙ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΟΙϹ
Edition ἱερομνή(μων) Αἴλι(ος) Σευῆρος Βυζαντίοις
Translation hieromnemon Aelius Severus for the Byzantines
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
Average weight 19.12 g
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)