RPC IV.1, 5972 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5972 (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 ΚΑ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡο ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρο(ς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design nude Aphrodite standing, facing, head, right, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.68 g
Axis 2, 6
Reference Rec 216
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15584
2 2     P: 911 Rec 216, pl. LXXII.15 (rev.)
3 3     Kybele Numismatics 4, 21 June 2024, lot 272 = James D. Kinney coll.