RPC IV.1, 11814 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 11814 (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 Υ] Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ [ϹΕ]
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, left
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕ[ΩΝ]
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Helios standing in biga, left, leaning forward, extending right arm (or holding reigns?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.30 g
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll. Tom Mullally = VAuctions 270 (29/09/2011), 220