RPC IV.1, 5926 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5926 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ[Α Μ] ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ[Ο]Ϲ (?)
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design to left, Dionysus seated, left, head, right, holding long thyrsus; to right, Satyr advancing, right, head, left, raising arm, holding pedum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 7
Reference Rec 153
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 873 Rec 153, pl. LXX.19 (rev.)
2 2     Cologne Weiser 016, pl. 2