RPC IV.1, 10014 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10014 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρο(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design infant Dionysus seated in cradle, left, extending both arms; to right, transverse thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.95 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec —, GRMK 34, no. 4$
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: B-I GRMK 34, no. 4
2 2     Leeds-UL: 650
3 3     Private coll. Tom Mullally = Agora Auctions 70 (21/11/2017), 135
4 4     Naumann 129, 4 June 2023, lot 332
5 5     Private coll. CGT