RPC IV.1, 5654 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5654 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩΚ[Ο] ΝΕΙΚοΜ(Η)
Edition Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεωκό(ρου) Νεικομη(δείας)
Translation of the metropolis, neocorate, Nicomedia
Reverse design eagle standing, right, spreading wings, fighting serpent erect before it
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.26 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 100 corr.
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1970-9-9-43
2 2     Cologne Corsten 21, no. 55 = vA 757
3 3     V: GR 28531
4 4     NY: 1944.100.42292
5 5     C: 1948/229