RPC IV.1, 8682 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8682 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Magistrate Dionysos (in office for the sixth time)
Dating c. 147–161, soon after 147
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΥ ΤΟ Ϛ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ (ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ)
Reverse design prow, right; (above, large dot)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1387–9 and 1391
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 8495 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1387, pl. 70 (V49 and R70), obverse with dot, on rev., ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩ{ΝΕ}ΠΙ in ligature
2 2     N: Fiorelli 6355
3 3     Madrid Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1389, pl. 70 (V50 and R72)
4 4     Madrid Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1391, pl. 70 (V52 and R74)