RPC IV.1, 5964 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5964 (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 ΑΥ[Ρ?] ΟΥΗ[
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆ--- Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆ[---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus [---]
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙ ΝΙΚΑΙΕ[ΙϹ]
Edition Θεᾶ Δημήτρι Νικαιεῖς Θεᾶ Δημήτρι Νικαιεῖς
Translation the Nicaeans to the goddess Demeter
Reverse design Demeter standing in biga drawn by winged and coiling serpents, right, holding long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.29 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 209(1)
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B Rec 209, pl. LXXII.10 (rev.)