RPC IV.1, 5926 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5926 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ[Α Μ] ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ[Ο]Ϲ (?)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design to left, Dionysus seated, left, head, right, holding long thyrsus; to right, Satyr advancing, right, head, left, raising arm, holding pedum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.53 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 153
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 873 Rec 153, pl. LXX.19 (rev.)
2 2     Cologne Weiser 016, pl. 2