RPC IV.1, 8716 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8716 (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 ΗΡ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰλίου Ποντικοῦ ἥρωος Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ Αἰ(λίου) Ποντικοῦ ἥρ(ωος) Βυζαντίων
Translation under Aelius Pontikos, hero, of the Byzantines
Reverse design two tunnies; top one, left; lower one, right; between, dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.02 g
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1457–8
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Istanbul: KD 506 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1457, pl. 77 (V84 and R136), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Warsaw: 55808
3 3     CGT coll.