RPC IV.1, 5503 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5503 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–162
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙ ΑΥΓ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος) Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding thunderbolt and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.15 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 131
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 862 Wa 404 = Rec 131, pl. LXIX.30