RPC IV.1, 5601 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5601 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
Reverse design eagle standing, left, spreading wings, fighting serpent erect before it
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 78
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1302 Rec 78, pl. XCI.1
2 2     Mu: 11
3 3     Turin
4 4     Yale: ex PRF