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 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 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 10.08 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 113(2), BMC 23, Cop 562 corr.
Specimens 8 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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