RPC IV.1, 5535 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5535 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙSΑΡ(sic) ΛΟΥΚ ΑΥΡ Ο[ΥΗΡΟS(sic) ΑΥ?]
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑϹΚΛΗΠΙΩ ΚΑΙ ΥΓΕΙΑ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; in centre, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; to right, Telesphorus standing, facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 220
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 913 (Medaillon)
2 2     ✸ P: 913(Bis) (Medaillon) = Rec 220, pl. LXXII.19
3 3     G. Hirsch 218 (28/11/2001), 812, pl. 31, slightly tooled