RPC IV.1, 5602 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5602 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩ([ΝΙ?])
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ Ν(Ε)ΙΚΟΜ(Η)
Edition Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομη(δείας)
Translation of the metropolis, neocorate, Nicomedia
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.26 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 87(2), BMC 19
Specimens 5 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 19
2 2     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1418 vA 756
3 3     P: 1309
4 4     P: 1308 Rec 87, pl. XCI.9 (rev.)
5 5     C: Leake 7934, Suppl., p. 74.4