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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟΜΝΑ ΑΙΛΙ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΟΙϹ
Edition ἱερομνή(μων) Αἴλι(ος) Σευῆρος Βυζαντίοις
Translation hieromnemon Aelius Severus for the Byzantines
Reverse design two torches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 27.60 g
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