RPC IV.1, 8704 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8704 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucilla (Augusta)
Magistrate Divine Faustina II (goddess as honorary official)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 178–180
Obverse inscription ΑΝ ΛΟΥΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Ἄν(νια) Λουκίλλα Σεβαστή
Translation Annia Lucilla Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Lucilla, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΘΕΑϹ ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Θεᾶς Φαυστίνης Βυζαντίων
Translation under the goddess Faustina, 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 11.52 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1427–8
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 8498 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1427, pl. 74 (V72 and R108)
2 2     ✸ B: I-B Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1428, pl. 74 (V72 and R109)