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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Οὐῆρο(ς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription [Κ]ΤΙϹΤΗ(?) ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ
Edition κτίστῃ Νικαιεῖς κτίστῃ Νικαιεῖς
Translation to the founder, the Nicaeans
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
Average weight 5.55 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 219 corr., R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 136
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15585 Rec 219, pl. LXXII.18 (rev.) = R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 136