RPC IV.1, 8716 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8716 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Magistrate Aelius Pontikos (heros)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating c. 178
Obverse inscription ΒΡΟΥΤ ΚΡΙϹΠΕΙΝΑ ϹΕ
Edition Βρουτ(ία) Κρισπείνα Σε(βαστή)
Translation Bruttia Crispina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΗΡ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰ(λίου) Ποντικού ἥρ(ωος) Βυζαντίων
Translation under Aelius Pontikos, heros, of the Byzantines
Reverse design two tunnies; top one, left; lower one, right; between, dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.09 g
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1457–8
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Istanbul: KD 506 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1457, pl. 77 (V84 and R136), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Warsaw: 55808