RPC IV.1, 6247 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6247 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙ(ΝΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass (and paludamentum), right
Reverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ(ΡΗΛ) ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΝΙΚΟΜ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Νικομηδείας Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Οὐῆρος Νικομ(ηδείας)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus, of Nicomedia
Reverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.14 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 113(2), BMC 23, Cop 562 corr.
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1323 Rec 113(2), pl. XCI.29
2 2     NY: 1944.100.42295
3 3     Cop: 562, obverse as 'laureate'
4 4     L: BMC 23, obverse probably with cuirass only
5 5     V: GR 15782, obverse probably with cuirass only
6 6     C: Leake 2112, Asiatic Greece, p. 90.10
7 7     Cologne Corsten 22, no. 56
8 8     O
9 9     CGT coll. (ex CNG EA 315, 20 Nov. 2013, lot 170)