RPC IV.1, 8713 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8713 (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 ΥΤ Κ Λ?] ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΗΡ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design Corinthian helmet, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1447
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Weber 2576, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin