RPC IV.1, 8720 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8720 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Magistrate Dvine Faustina II (goddess as honorary official)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 178–180
Obverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΣ (Σ shaped as Ζ)
Obverse design head of Byzas (bearded) wearing helmet, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Θ ΦΑΥϹΤΙ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design prow, left; on top, emperor standing on base, left, extending right hand, holding spear; behind emperor, trophy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2049
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Löbb) Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2049/1, pl. 126 (V13 and R14)
2 2     ✸ B: I-B Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2049/2, pl. 126 (V13 and R14), pierced, 6.38g, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     Dresden: 2866
4 4     Kress 113 (23/11/1959), 138
5 5     Sofia Mouchmov 3220, pl. XVII.1
6 6     V: GR 8490
7 7     P: Duplicates