RPC IV.1, 8715 (temporary)

 

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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 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 Αἰ(λίου) Ποντικού 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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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