RPC IV.1, 8712 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8712 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Pontikos (heros)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΑΙ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΗΡ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1444–6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Warsaw: 167127, pierced, 15.00g
2 2     ✸ P: 406 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1445, pl. 75 (V81 and R125), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     V: GR 8501 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1446, pl. 76 (V81 and R126), reverse legend probably without ligature