RPC IV.1, 5973 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5973 (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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΑΓΑΘΩ ΝΙΚΑ[ΙΕΙϹ?]
Edition Ἐπαγάθῳ Νικαιεῖς
Translation to Epagathus, the Nicaeans
Reverse design Selene-Hecate standing, facing, head, left, holding torch and long sceptre; behind her shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 18.01 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 218
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 912 Wa 410 = Rec 218, pl. LXXII.17 (rev.)