RPC IV.1, 5966 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5966 (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 ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding patera, resting arm on shield; at the end of rev. legend, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 7
Reference Rec 211(1)
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 908 Rec 211, pl. LXXII.11 (rev.)