RPC IV, 6247


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6247 json ttl rdf xml
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)
Obverse design	bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass (and paludamentum), right
Reverse inscription	ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ(ΡΗΛ) ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΝΙΚΟΜ
Reverse design	bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	6, 7
Reference	Rec 113(2), BMC 23, Cop 562 corr.
Specimens	8 (7 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	P: 1323	Rec 113(2), pl. XCI.29	25	9.32	6	Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.42295		25	11.49	6	Show
3	3	Cop: 562, obverse as 'laureate'		23	11.25	6	Show
4	4	L: BMC 23, obverse probably with cuirass only		24	11.11	7	Show
5	5	V: GR 15782, obverse probably with cuirass only		26	12.78	7	Show
6	6	C: Leake 2112, Asiatic Greece, p. 90.10		25	9.44	6	Show
7	7	Cologne	Corsten 22, no. 56	24	9.83	7	Show
8	8	O		23	5.45	6	Show