RPC IV.1, 6258 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6258 (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 Κ Λ ΑΥ[Ρ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ?]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
Edition Νικομηδείας Νικομηδείας
Translation of Nicomedia
Reverse design two tunnies; top one, left; lower one, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.80 g
Axis 6
Reference R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 139$
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 33825 R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 139 = J. Hirsch 21 (16/11/1908), coll. Consul Weber, 2356, not illustrated
2 2     CGT coll.