RPC IV.1, 5905 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5905 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ [ΚΑΙ] ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕ[ΙΝΟϹ] (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ[ΙΟϹ Ο]ΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Verus Caesar
Reverse design Marcus Aurelius galloping, right, wearing military dress, holding spear horizontally
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.77 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 121
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 856 Rec 121, pl. LXIX.20
2 2     Private coll.