RPC IV.1, 8695 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8695 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Magistrate Dionysos (in office for the sixth time)
Dating c. 147–161, soon after 147
Obverse inscription ΑΝΝΕΑ ϹΒΑ (sic) ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΤΟ Ϛ (ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ)
Reverse design two tunnies, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 2
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1414
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Budapest cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     ✸ CGT (exa M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 93)