RPC IV.1, 5928 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5928 (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 ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕωΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design nude Heracles advancing, right, carrying the Erymanthian boar over shoulder, holding lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.19 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference Rec 160
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     N Rec160, pl. LXX.25, obverse with traces of tooling
2 2     ✸ Leu 1, 25 Oct. 2017, lot 115
3 3     C. EustonColl.