RPC IV.1, 8718 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8718 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Magistrate Aelius Severus (hieromnemon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 164–169
Obverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΣ
Edition Βυζᾶς
Translation Byzas
Obverse design head of Byzas (bearded) wearing helmet, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛΙ ΣΕΥΗΡΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰλί(ου) Σευήρου
Translation under Aelius Severus
Reverse design prow, right; on top, emperor standing on base, right, holding spear, extending left hand; (behind emperor, trophy); below, water (and dolphin)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.74 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2041–5
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 8487 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2041, pl. 125 (V9 and R8), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, reverse with trophy
2 2     St Florian Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2042, pl. 125 (V9 and R9), reverse with dolphin
3 3     A: ex coll. Stamules 190
4 4     B: Dressel bequest, 1921 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2043/2, pl. 125 (V9 and R10)
5 5     G: I, 395, no. 20 SNG I, no. 868
6 6     Warsaw: 55812
7 7     Istanbul: 365 (coll. Diojen)