RPC IV.1, 5549 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5549 (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 ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡ[ΟϹ ϹΕ]
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, left
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.67 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1961-3-1-88