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
Edition Ἀννέα Σεβαστὴ Φαυστεῖνα Ἀννέα Σ<ε>βα(στὴ) Φαυστεῖνα
Translation Annia Augusta Faustina
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription (ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ) ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΥ ΤΟ Ϛ
Edition Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ Διονύσου τὸ ϛʹ Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ Διονύσου τὸ ϛʹ
Translation of the Byzantines, under Dionysos, the 6th time
Reverse design two tunnies, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.20 g
Axis 2
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1414
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Budapest cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     ✸ CGT (ex M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 93)