RPC IV.1, 5981 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5981 (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 Κ]ΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ [ΟΥΗΡ]ΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβα(στός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νεικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design bearded emperor (Lucius Verus) on horseback, left, raising arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 19.53 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 235
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 917 Rec 235, pl. LXXIII.7 (rev.)