RPC IV.1, 5541 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5541 (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 ΑΥ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβα(στός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Nike standing, facing, head, left, holding globe and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.95 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 231 and 230 corr.
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Löbb)
2 2     ✸ L: 1961-3-1-90
3 3     Mu: 22 Rec 230, pl. LXXIII.3 (rev.), obverse legend wrongly as 'ΑVΤ ΚΑΙС Λ ΑVΡ ΟVΗΡΟС СƐΒ'