RPC IV, 8715


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8715 json ttl rdf xml
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
Obverse design	draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription	ΕΠΙ ΑΙ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ Η ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design	two tunnies; top one, right; lower one, left; between, dolphin, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Axis	3
Reference	Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1456
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			P: 408	Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1456/1, pl. 77 (V84 and R113), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin	28	9.95	3		Show
2	2			Warsaw: 55813		25	9.95			Show