RPC IV.1, 8706 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8706 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucilla (Augusta)
Magistrate Aelius Pontikos (heros)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating c. 178
Obverse inscription ΑΝΝΙΑ ΛΟΥΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Ἄννια Λουκίλλα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Annia Lucilla Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Lucilla, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠ(Ι) ΑΙ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ Η(Ρ) ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰ(λίου) Ποντικού ἥρ(ωος) Βυζαντίων
Translation under Aelius Pontikos, heros, of the Byzantines
Reverse design two tunnies; top one, right; lower one, left; between, dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.27 g
Axis 3
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1431–2
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: ex coll. Stamules 203 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1431, pl. 74 (V73 and R112)
2 2     B: (Löbb) Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1432/1, pl. 74 (V73 and R113)
3 3     ✸ Istanbul: 368, ex coll. Diojen, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
4 4     Madrid
5 5     P: 400