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 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
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B Rec 209, pl. LXXII.10 (rev.)