RPC IV.1, 5618 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5618 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, r
Reverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΝΙΚΟΜ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Νικομηδείας Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος Νικομ(ηδείας)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus, of Nicomedia
Reverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.78 g
Axis 6, 7, 9
Reference Rec 113(1)
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1322 Wa 466
2 2     P: 1324 Wa 467
3 3     P: no number, under 'Unidentified'
4 4     B: (Löbb)
5 5     B: 1882/40
6 6     Cologne Corsten 22, no. 57 = vA 761
7 7     Lindgren I, 164
8 8     Aarhus SNG 708
9 9     NY: 1944.100.42296, obverse perhaps with head only
10 10     NY: 1953.171.712, under 'Uncertain of Bithynia'
11 11     V-ON Leypold I, no. 214
12 12     Private coll. G. Sensi, obverse perhaps with head only
13 13     ✸ Nomos Obolos 15 (24/05/2020), 556