RPC IV.1, 5956 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5956 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοc
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription Ν(Ε)ΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Apis-bull standing, right, wearing uraeus headdress; between horns, sun disk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 194(1), Cop 487
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 33818 J. Hirsch 21 (16/11/1908), coll. Consul Weber, 2347, not illustrated
2 2     P: 897 Rec 194, pl. LXXI.24 (rev.), perhaps with different ending of obverse legend
3 3     Cop: 487, obverse worn
4 4     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 312
5 5     Trade (eBay, Naville Numismatics)