RPC IV.1, 8712 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8712 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Pontikos (heros)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΑΙ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΗΡ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Αἰ(λίου) Ποντικού ἥρ(ωος) Βυζαντίων
Translation under Aelius Pontikos, hero, of the Byzantines
Reverse design torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 17.70 g
Axis 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1444–6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Warsaw: 167127, pierced, 15.00g
2 2     ✸ P: 406 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1445, pl. 75 (V81 and R125), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     V: GR 8501 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1446, pl. 76 (V81 and R126), reverse legend probably without ligature