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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνεῖνος 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 Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ 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

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