RPC IV.1, 8715 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8715 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Magistrate Aelius Pontikos (heros)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating c. 178
Obverse inscription ΒΡΟΥΤ ΚΡΙϹΠΕΙΝΑ ϹΕ
Edition Βρουτία Κρισπείνα Σεβαστή Βρουτ(ία) Κρισπείνα Σε(βαστή)
Translation Bruttia Crispina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ Η ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰλίου Ποντικοῦ ἥρωος Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ Αἰ(λίου) Ποντικοῦ ἥ(ρωος) Βυζαντίων
Translation under Aelius Pontikos, heros, of the Byzantines
Reverse design two tunnies; top one, right; lower one, left; between, dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.95 g
Axis 3
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1456
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 408 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1456/1, pl. 77 (V84 and R113), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Warsaw: 55813