RPC IV.1, 5962 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5962 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ οΥΗΡοϹ [
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος [---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus [---]
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Zeus standing, left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.30 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 206
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 906 Rec 206, pl. LXXII.7