RPC IV.1, 6074 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6074 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΙΚΟΜ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος Καῖσ(αρ) Νικομ(ηδείας)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Verus Caesar, of Nicomedia
Reverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing cuirass, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.76 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 77
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1301 Rec 77, pl. XC.35
2 2     NY: 1944.100.42289
3 3     V: GR 15771
4 4     vA 752
5 5     V-ON Leypold I, no. 213
6 6     ✸ Nomos Obolos 15 (24/05/2020), 555, obverse with prominent dot below head