RPC IV.1, 3907 (temporary)

 

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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
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ϹΕΥΗΡοΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design two tunnies; top one, left; lower one, right; between, dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
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)