RPC IV.1, 6256 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6256 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–162
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ [Α]Ν[Τ]ΩΝΕΙΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗ
Edition Μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νεικομηδείας Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομη(δείας)
Translation of the metropolis, neocorate, Nicomedia
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.27 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 87(1)
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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