RPC IV.1, 8718 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8718 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Magistrate Aelius Severus (hieromnemon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 164–169
Obverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΣ
Obverse design head of Byzas (bearded) wearing helmet, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛΙ ΣΕΥΗΡΟΥ
Reverse design prow, right; on top, emperor standing on base, right, holding spear, extending left hand; (behind emperor, trophy); below, water (and dolphin)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2041–5
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 8487 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2041, pl. 125 (V9 and R8), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, reverse with trophy
2 2     St Florian Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2042, pl. 125 (V9 and R9), reverse with dolphin
3 3     A: ex coll. Stamules 190
4 4     B: Dressel bequest, 1921 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2043/2, pl. 125 (V9 and R10)
5 5     G: I, 395, no. 20 SNG I, no. 868
6 6     Warsaw: 55812
7 7     Istanbul: 365 (coll. Diojen)