RPC IV.1, 5956 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription Ν(Ε)ΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νεικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Apis-bull standing, right, wearing uraeus headdress; between horns, sun disk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.68 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 194, Cop 487
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4391 (ex M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 312)