RPC IV.1, 11786 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 11786 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΛοΥ ΑΥ οΥΗΡοϹ ϹΕΒ ΑΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Λού(κιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός) Ἀρμ(ενιακός)
Translation Emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus Armeniacus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΡΜ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΙΑϹ
Edition Ἀρμ(ενία) μητροπόλεως νεωκ(όρου) Νικομήδιας
Translation Armenia, of metropolis, neocorate, Nicomedia
Reverse design defeated Armenia seated, left, resting hands on knee
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.15 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG Electronic Auction 210 (13/05/2009), 92, rev. as 'Ares?'; ex coll. D. Alighieri