RPC IV.1, 5609 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5609 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ(Ρ) ΝΕΩΚ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗ
Edition μητρ(οπόλεως) νεωκ(όρου) Νικομηδ(είας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right; to right, two corn-ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.39 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 93
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1312 Rec 93, pl. XCI.15
2 2     V: GR 15772
3 3     B: alter Bestand