RPC IV.1, 5601 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5601 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Verus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Νικομηδείας
Translation of the metropolis Nicomedia
Reverse design eagle standing, left, spreading wings, fighting serpent erect before it
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.04 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 78
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1302 Rec 78, pl. XCI.1
2 2     Mu: 11
3 3     Turin
4 4     Yale: ex PRF