RPC IV.1, 5505 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5505 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Pan standing, left, wearing conical cap, holding branch and wineskin; to right, small ithyphallic herm of bearded Priapus standing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.58 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 155, F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 28, no. 38
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 874 Rec 155, pl. LXX.20 (rev.) = F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 28, no. 38, pl. B'.18 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1894-7-6-33
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     ✸ Private coll. Kenneth W. Dorney