RPC IV.1, 6096 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6096 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡ[ΟϹ?]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
Edition νεωκόρου Νικομηδείας
Translation of neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design Heracles advancing, right, wrestling with Antheus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.53 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 117
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1327 Rec 117, pl. XCI.33 (rev.)