RPC IV.1, 5970 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5970 (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 ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρο(ς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Athena seated, left, feeding serpent entwined around olive-tree; leaning against her seat, shield on which owl stands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.86 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 214
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 910 Rec 214, pl. LXXII.13
2 2     Münster