RPC IV.1, 8731 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8731 (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, left; on top, emperor standing on base, left, extending right hand, holding parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 2071
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Bucharest-IA: 1130/53465 (ex coll. C. Bolliac) Sch 2071, pl. 127 (V22 and R34), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin