RPC IV.1, 8679 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8679 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Me(mmios?) Markos (hieromnemon)
Dating c. 147–161, soon after 147
Obverse inscription ] ΑΝ[
Edition [---] Ἀν[---]
Translation [---] An[---]
Obverse design laureate(?)-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΕ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ (Ζ reversed)
Edition ἐπὶ Με(μμίου) Μάρκου Βυζαντίων
Translation under Me(mmios?) Markos, of the Byzantines
Reverse design Corinthian helmet, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.59 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1384
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 392
2 2     ✸ Turin, Library = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1384/2, pl. 70 (V48 and R67), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     The M. Traeger Coll.