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 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
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 7.36 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 221
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 914 Rec 221, pl. LXXII.20 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1961-3-1-89