RPC IV.1, 5612 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5612 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α[Υ] ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕΩΚ ΝΕΙΚοΜΗ
Edition μητρ(οπόλεως) νεωκ(όρου) Νικομηδ(είας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design eagle standing, facing, head, right, spreading wings, fighting serpent coiled around it; in exergue, palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.56 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 101
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15774