RPC IV.1, 17359 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 17359 (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 ] ΑΥΡ[Η]Λ οΥΗΡοϹ Ϲ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus (or Marcus Aurelius?) wearing paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera over eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll. CGT = Savoca Numismatik Blue Auction 112 (11/09/2021), 111, obverse legend recut from Marcus Aurelius obverse die with ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐ (?)