RPC IV.3, 6366 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6366 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Nicopolis ad Lycum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤωΝ ΕΤ ϘΑ
Edition Νεικοπολιτῶν ἔτ(ους) ϙαʹ
Translation of the Nicopolitans, year 91
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding Nike and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.03 g
Axis 10, 11
Reference BMC 3 corr., Hamburger 10$
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 3, pl. XVII.12 (rev.), under 'Nicopolis-Emmaus'
3 3     ✸ Nomos obolos 16, 11 Oct. 2020, lot 976
4 4     vA 6792 (Armenia Minor, Nicopolis)