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
Obverse design bare(?) head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design round altar entwined by serpent, head, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
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