RPC IV.1, 5974 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5974 (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 Ο[Υ]ΗΡο ϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription [Κ]ΤΙϹΤΗ(?) ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of nude Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus(?) and filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 219 corr., R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 136
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15585 Rec 219, pl. LXXII.18 (rev.) = R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 136