RPC IV.1, 5975 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5975 (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 ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design bare(?) head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νεικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design round altar entwined by serpent, head, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.22 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 223
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Turin
2 2     ✸ V: GR 15586 Rec 223, pl. LXXII.22