RPC IV.1, 5980 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5980 (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 Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΛοΥ οΥΗΡοϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ ΝΙΚΗΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ
Reverse design bearded emperor (Lucius Verus) galloping over foe, right, wearing military dress, brandishing spear; foe lying on shield; beneath horse to left, second shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 234
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 916 Rec 234, pl. LXXIII.6 (rev.)