RPC IV.1, 5978 (temporary)

 

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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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ 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 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)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb) Rec 228, pl. LXXIII.1, authenticity doubtful: both sides heavily tooled