RPC IV.1, 8703 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8703 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucilla (Augusta)
Magistrate Memmios Marcus (heros for the second time)
Dating c. 175
Obverse inscription ΑΝ ΛΟΥΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Ἄν(νια) Λουκίλλα Σεβαστή
Translation Annia Lucilla Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Lucilla, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ (Μ) ΜΑΡΚΟΥ (Η) ΤΟ Β ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(εμμιου) Μάρκου ἥ(ρωος) τὸ βʹ Βυζαντίων
Translation under Memmios Markos, hero, for the second time, of the Byzantines
Reverse design two tunnies; top one, left; lower one, right; between, dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.82 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1424–6
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1961-3-1-17
2 2     Sofia Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1424/2, pl. 74 (V72 and R105) = Mouchmov 3297, pl. XVII.8, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     Warsaw: 55815
4 4     ✸ P: 402 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1425, pl. 74 (V72 and R106)
5 5     N: Fiorelli 6358 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1426, pl. 74 (V72 and R107), name of 'magistrate' obscure, perhaps similar type <IdType = -2138830758> of Thea Faustina
6 6     Private coll. CGT