RPC IV.1, 5542 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5542 (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 ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡ [
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρ(ος) [---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus [---]
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ ΝΙΚΗΝ ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ
Edition Ῥωμαίων Νίκην Νεικαιεῖς
Translation for the Victory of the Romans, the Nicaeans
Reverse design Nike standing, right, inscribing shield resting on column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.38 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 232
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: alter Bestand Rec 232, pl. LXXIII.4, reverse legend with signs of tooling