RPC IV.1, 5953 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5953 (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 ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝο ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνο(ς) Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (retrograde, tooled?)
Edition Νεικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.52 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 189(1)
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 895 Rec 189, pl. LXXI.19 (rev.)
2 2     B: 5513
3 3     B: (Löbb)