RPC IV.1, 5912 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5912 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–162
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙ ΑΥΓ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος) Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), right
Reverse inscription [ΝΙ?]ΚΑΙΕΩΝ (Α shaped as Λ)
Edition Νικαιέων Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Zeus standing, right, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.40 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 136
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb) Rec 136, pl. LXX.3 (rev.)