RPC IV.1, 8689 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8689 (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 ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ ΑΡΜ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σ(εβαστὸς) Ἀρμ(ενιακός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Armenicus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ϹΕΥΗΡΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰλ(ίου) Σευήρου Βυζαντίων
Translation under Aelius Severus of the Byzantines
Reverse design torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1401
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ St Florian Kenner, p. 23, pl. I.13 = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1401, pl. 71 (V58 and R84), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin