RPC IV.1, 5617 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5617 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΕϹ
Obverse design bare-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other; both wearing cuirass and paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΝΕΩΚΟ ΝΙΚΟΜ
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Homonoia seated, left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 112, Cop 561
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1321 Rec 112, pl. XCI.28
2 2     L: 1979-1-1-1416 (ex private coll. H. von Aulock, not catalogued in vA)
3 3     B: (Fox)
4 4     V: GR 15780
5 5     V: GR 15781
6 6     St Petersburg
7 7     NY: 1944.100.42294
8 8     Cop: 561
9 9     Dorotheum Electronic Auction 20/11/2013, 117, coin placed in centre of large bronze medallion of 78mm diameter, 367g
10 10     Private coll.