RPC IV.1, 8688 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8688 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Severus (hieromnemon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 164–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ [ΑΝΤΩ]ΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟΜΝΑ ΑΙΛΙ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΟΙϹ
Reverse design two torches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1400
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Plovdiv, National Museum 1449 = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1400, pl. 71 (V57 and R83), found at Stara Zagora, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin