RPC IV.1, 5657 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5657 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος 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 ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚοΜΗΔ
Edition Μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νεικομηδείας Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομηδ(είας)
Translation of the metropolis, Nicomedia, neocorate
Reverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right; to right, two corn-ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.69 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1921-11-20-67 Weber
2 2     O
3 3     C: Leake 7935, Suppl., p. 74.5
4 4     CGT coll. ex Naville 21, 20 March 2016, lot 266