RPC IV.1, 8717 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8717 (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 ΕΠ ΑΙ ΠοΝΤΙΚοΥ ΗΡ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Αἰ(λίου) Ποντικού ἥρ(ωος) Βυζαντίων
Translation under Aelius Pontikos, hero, of the Byzantines
Reverse design two tunnies; top one, right; lower one, left; between, dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.06 g
Axis 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1459–61, BMC 70
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Agram, National Museum
2 2     Amsterdam AFA Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1459/2 pl. 77 (V85 and R138)
3 3     N: Fiorelli 6359
4 4     ✸ L: BMC 70 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1460, pl. 77 (V85 and R139), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
5 5     B: (Fox) Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1461, pl. 77 (V86 and R140) = Cat. 152, no. 81