RPC IV.1, 3907 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3907 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Magistrate Aelius Severus (hieromnemon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 164–169
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ϹΕΥΗΡοΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰλ(ίου) Σευήρου Βυζαντίων
Translation under Aelius Severus of the Byzantines
Reverse design two tunnies; top one, left; lower one, right; between, dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.80 g
Axis 1, 9, 10
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1420–2
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: SNG 1681 gift of F.W. Hasluck 1913
2 2     ✸ NY: 1935.117.153 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1420/2, pl. 73 (V69 and R101)
3 3     Rome Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1421, pl. 73 (V69 and R102)
4 4     NY: 1944.100.15644 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1422, pl. 73 (V70 and R103)