RPC IV.1, 5658 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5658 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚοΜΗΔΕΙΑ
Edition μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομηδεία(ς)
Translation of the metropolis, neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right; to right, two corn-ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.90 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1419 vA 760
2 2     Boston: 67.335