RPC IV.1, 5929 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5929 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΗΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ
Edition τὸν κτίστην Νικαιεῖς
Translation the Nicaeans (honour) the founder
Reverse design nude Heracles (bearded) standing, right, resting right hand on hip, left arm wrapped in lion skin(?), resting on club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.89 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 161
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B Rec 161, pl. LXX.26 (rev.)
2 2     V: GR 15566, under 'Antoninus Pius', in Rec wrongly as 'Rec 108' of Antoninus Pius