RPC IV.1, 8729 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8729 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Magistrate Aelius Pontikos (heros)
Dating c. 178
Obverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΣ (Σ shaped as Ζ)
Obverse design head of Byzas (bearded) wearing helmet, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙ ΠοΝΤΙΚοΥ ΗΡ
Reverse design prow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2065–6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: ex coll. Stamules 191
2 2     ✸ G: I, 395, no. 21 SNG I, no. 869 = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2066, pl. 127 (V20 and R29), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin