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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΒοΥΛΗ ΔΗΜοϹ οΜοΝοΙΑ ΝΕΙΚοΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
Edition Βουλὴ Δῆμος ὁμόνοια Νεικομήδειας
Translation Council, People, Concord of Nicomedia
Reverse design bearded Demos (on right) and turreted Boule (on left) clasping hands; each holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.94 g
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