RPC IV.1, 5943 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5943 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΑ
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of Nymph Nicaea wearing ivy wreath, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 7
Reference Rec 177, F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 25, no. 30
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 884
2 2     ✸ B: I-B Rec 177, pl. LXXI.9 (rev.) = F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 25, no. 30, pl. B'.15 (rev.)
3 3     NY: 1953.171.703, worn
4 4     Milan