RPC IV.1, 5535 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5535 (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 ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙSΑΡ(sic) ΛΟΥΚ ΑΥΡ Ο[ΥΗΡΟS(sic) ΑΥ?]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖsαρ Λούκ(ιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑϹΚΛΗΠΙΩ ΚΑΙ ΥΓΕΙΑ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ
Edition Ἀσκληπιῷ καὶ Ὑγείᾳ Νικαιεῖς
Translation to Asclepius and Hygieia, the Nicaeans
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; in centre, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; to right, Telesphorus standing, facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 49.95 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 220
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 913 (Medaillon)
2 2     ✸ P: 913(Bis) (Medaillon) = Rec 220, pl. LXXII.19
3 3     G. Hirsch 218 (28/11/2001), 812, pl. 31, slightly tooled