RPC IV.1, 8687 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8687 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Anthos, son of Nikon
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 164–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΡΜ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΝΘΟΥ ΝΙΚΩ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design Nike standing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1399
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 8496 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1399, pl. 71 (V56 and R82), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin