RPC VI, 30799 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30799 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Uncertain
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin at neck
Reverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 2, 6, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2009-2011
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)
Note Tentatively assigned to the reign of Severus Alexander, since Heracles types are known only from his reign.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Naumann 83, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 406
2 2     CNG 443, 1 May 2019, lot 216
3 3     Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 288
4 4     ✸ VAuction 325, 30 June 2017, lot 428
5 5     CGT coll. ex Savoca 215th Blue, 1 June 2024, lot 142
6 6     Bucharest Schönert-Geiss, 2009.1
7 7     Bucharest Schönert-Geiss, 2009.2
8 8     P: 373 Schönert-Geiss, 2010
9 9     Bucharest-IA Schönert-Geiss, 2011.1
10 10     Istanbul Schönert-Geiss, 20011.2