RPC IV.1, 5914 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5914 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Υ Κ Μ] ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design nude Apollo standing, left, holding uncertain object (patera or laurel-branch?), resting on bow which stands on rock; also on rock, tree entwined by serpent; to left, tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Reference Rec 139, F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 25, no. 28
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Turin Rec 139, pl. LXX.6 (rev.) = F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 25, no. 28, pl. B'.12 (rev.)