RPC IV.1, 5663 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5663 (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 ΑΥ(Ρ) ΑΝΤΩΝΙ(ΝΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΝΙΚΟΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος Νικομ(ηδείας)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus, of Nicomedia
Reverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing paludamentum, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.42 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1937-10-6-28
2 2     NY: 1953.171.713, under 'Uncertain of Bithynia'
3 3     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 6 (23/03/2000) 202, pl. 10
4 4     O
5 5     Private coll. Tom Mullally = VAuctions 299 (11/04/2013), 79