RPC III, 1094

Province Bithynia-Pontus
City Nicomedia 
Region Bithynia
Reign Hadrian
Obverse inscription [ΗΡΩϹ] ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription [Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑ]
Reverse design Antinous naked standing facing, head left, holding by bridle his horse which stands left behind him

Coin no. 1 of RPC III, 1094

 

Reference MM 52, 19–20 June 1975, lot 644
Diameter 37.8
Weight 36.94
Axis
Note specimen has been tooled and transformed into a medallion of Bithynium: see H.-C. von Mosch, SNR 80 (2001), p. 126 and Taf. 13, 11 (V GR 15440 = Blum 10)
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