RPC IV.1, 5536 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5536 (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 ΚΑΙ Λ οΥΗΡο ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Οὐῆρο(ς) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.01 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 221
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 914 Rec 221, pl. LXXII.20 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1961-3-1-89
3 3     Sol Numismatik XLI, 19 Apr. 2025, lot 467