RPC IV.1, 5541 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Nike standing, facing, head, left, holding globe and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 231 and 230 corr.
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

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'