RPC IV.1, 5978 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5978 (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 Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ οΥΗ[ΡΟ]Ϲ ΚΑΙ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Tyche standing, left holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.67 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 228
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb) Rec 228, pl. LXXIII.1, authenticity doubtful: both sides heavily tooled