RPC IV.1, 5523 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5523 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Edition 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
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.35 g
Axis 1, 7, 8
Reference Rec 171
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 15574
2 2     Cologne Weiser 013, pl. 1
3 3     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1336 vA 559
3 3     Private coll. Tom Mullally