RPC IV.1, 6085 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6085 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΒοΥΛΗ ΔΗΜοϹ οΜοΝοΙΑ ΝΕΙΚοΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
Reverse design bearded Demos (on right) and turreted Boule (on left) clasping hands; each holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 95, Martin, Demos, Nicomedia 1$
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15776 Rec 95, pl. XCI.16, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     NY: 1972.185.1