RPC IV.1, 8703 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8703 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucilla (Augusta)
Magistrate Memmi[os] Markos Heros (second archon)
Dating c. 175
Obverse inscription ΑΝ ΛΟΥΚΙΛΛΑ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Lucilla, r.
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ (Μ) ΜΑΡΚΟΥ (Η) ΤΟ Β ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design two tunnies; top one, l.; lower one, r.; between, dolphin, r.
Metal Æ
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1424–6
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

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