RPC IV.1, 8708 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8708 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Magistrate Memmios Marcus (heros for the second time)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗ(Λ) ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ Κ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Κόμοδος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ (Μ) ΜΑΡΚΟΥ (ΗΡΩΟϹ) ΤΟ Β ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μεμμίου Μάρκου ἥρωος τὸ βʹ Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ Μ(εμμίου) Μάρκου ἥρωος τὸ βʹ Βυζαντίων
Translation under Memmios Markos, hero, for the second time, of the Byzantines
Reverse design Corinthian helmet, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.11 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1438–40
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gotha Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1438, pl. 75 (V75 and R119)
2 2     Madrid Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1439/1, pl. 75 (V76 and R120)
3 3     Rome
4 4     ✸ Mu: 12 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1440/1, pl. 75 (V77 and R121), obverse legend with ΚΟΝΟΔΟС(sic)
5 5     P: 404, obverse legend with ΚΟΝΟΔΟС(sic)