RPC IV.1, 8730 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8730 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Magistrate Aelius Pontikos (heros)
Dating c. 178
Obverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΣ (Σ shaped as Ζ)
Edition Βυζᾶς
Translation Byzas
Obverse design head of Byzas (bearded) wearing helmet, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠ(Ι) ΑΙ ΠοΝΤΙΚοΥ ΗΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰ(λίου) Ποντικού ἥρ(ωος)
Translation under Aelius Pontikos, hero
Reverse design prow, left; (in water, two dolphins)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.55 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2069–70
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Löbb) Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2069, pl. 127 (V20 and R32), reverse with two dolphins
2 2     C: SNG 1679 Leake 3500, European Greece, p. 31.8, authenticity doubtful: cast?
3 3     G: I, 395, no. 22 SNG I, no. 870
4 4     ✸ N: Fiorelli 6351 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2070/3, pl. 127 (V21 and R33), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
5 5     Antioch Associates Mail Bid Sale 39 (03/06/2002), 60