RPC IV.1, 5517 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5517 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕωΝ
Edition Νικαιέων Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design emperor(?) standing, facing, head, left, wearing military dress, holding spear, touching head of horse advancing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.04 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 193, Cop 486
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: ex coll. Sperling Rec 193, pl. LXXI.23 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ L: 1907-10-2-2
3 3     Cop: 486, obverse worn, interpretation of Marcus Aurelius rather than Lucius Verus not entirely certain
4 4     Private coll. CGT