RPC IV.1, 5936 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5936 (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 ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑ ΥΓΕΙΑ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ
Edition Θεὰ Ὑγεία Νικαιεῖς
Translation Goddess Hygeia, the Nicaeans
Reverse design Hygieia standing, facing, head, right(?), feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.18 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 168
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 878 Rec 168, pl. LXXI.5 (rev.)