Reign: Hadrian Persons: Antinous

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (21 mm); 5.93 g (4)

Obverse: ΗΡΩϹ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ; bare head of Antinous, right

Reverse: Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑ; Antinous as Hermes standing facing, head left, naked but a drapery over his left arm, raising his right hand

Bibliography: Künker 133, 11–12 Oct. 3007, lot 8849 (ex Gorny & Mosch 142, 10–11 Oct. 2005, lot 1958) 

Weight: 5.02  

Reign: Hadrian Persons: Antinous

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (21 mm); 5.93 g (4)

Obverse: ΗΡΩϹ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ; bare head of Antinous, right

Reverse: Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑ; Antinous as Hermes standing facing, head left, naked but a drapery over his left arm, raising his right hand

Bibliography: Bruun Rasmussen 799, 4 Dec. 2008, lot 5473 (ex Vierordt, Mar. 1923, lot 1422; Hess, 18 Dec. 1933, lot 559; Santamaria, Magnaguti III, 26 June 1950, lot 1122; Finarte 995, 26–27 Nov. 1996, lot 751; Gorny & Mosch 112, 17 Oct. 2001, lot 4211; Lanz 125, 28 Nov. 2005, lot 751; Gorny & Mosch, 9 Oct. 2006, lot 306) 

Weight: 6.47  

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 16.84 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡοΠ ΚΑΙ ΠΡ [ΝΕ]ΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ; veiled Demeter standing, facing, holding torch in each hand

Museum: Cop: Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen (Denmark) Inventory: 552

Bibliography: Rec 47, pl. XC.8, both sides with traces of tooling? 

Diameter:  29 Weight: 18.95   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 16.84 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡοΠ ΚΑΙ ΠΡ [ΝΕ]ΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ; veiled Demeter standing, facing, holding torch in each hand

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 1285, borders hammered

Diameter:  30 Weight: 14.72   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 15.37 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ; Triptolemus standing in biga drawn by winged serpents, right, sowing with right hand

Museum: Bern: Historisches Museum, Bern (Switzerland) Inventory: Righetti 659

Diameter:  30 Weight: 15.66   Axis: 5 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 15.37 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ; Triptolemus standing in biga drawn by winged serpents, right, sowing with right hand

Bibliography: CNG Electronic Auction 134 (01/03/2006), 140; ex coll. Tony Hardy 

Diameter:  28 Weight: 15.07   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 8.78 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΝΤ[; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: [ ]; bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right (traces of drapery?)

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: G 0893, under 'Cyprus'

Diameter:  25 Weight: 8.78   Axis: 7 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 6.64 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗϹ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ; serpent coiling on altar, head, right

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 15762

Diameter:  23 Weight: 6.64   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 6.64 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗϹ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ; serpent coiling on altar, head, right

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 15763

Bibliography: Rec 58, pl. XC.17 (rev.), struck on too large a flan, 12.26g 

Diameter:  26 Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 7.56 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; bare head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ; turreted Tyche seated on garlanded base, left, holding ears of corn and resting left arm on cornucopia; to left at her feet, prow

Museum: Turin: Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, Turin (Italy) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Rec 64, pl. XC.22 (rev.) 

Diameter:  24

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 7.56 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; bare head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ; turreted Tyche seated on garlanded base, left, holding ears of corn and resting left arm on cornucopia; to left at her feet, prow

Bibliography: Trade 

Diameter:  24

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 7.56 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; bare head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ; turreted Tyche seated on garlanded base, left, holding ears of corn and resting left arm on cornucopia; to left at her feet, prow

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 1617A, under 'Metropolis in Ionia'

Diameter:  24 Weight: 7.99   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 7.56 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; bare head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ; turreted Tyche seated on garlanded base, left, holding ears of corn and resting left arm on cornucopia; to left at her feet, prow

Bibliography: Private coll. 

Diameter:  22 Weight: 7.12   Axis: 12 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 8.12 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ (Αs shaped as Λs); bare head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ (Α shaped as Λ); turreted Tyche standing, facing, head, left, holding patera and rudder

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: (Löbb)

Bibliography: Rec 61, pl. XC.19 

Diameter:  24 Weight: 8.12   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 8.10 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ(ο) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; bare head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ; turreted Tyche seated on wicker box (?), left, holding ears of corn and cornucopia; to left at her feet, serpent

Bibliography: vA 748 

Diameter:  22 Weight: 6.77  

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 8.10 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ(ο) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; bare head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ; turreted Tyche seated on wicker box (?), left, holding ears of corn and cornucopia; to left at her feet, serpent

Bibliography: Private collection H. I. 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 7.44   Axis: 12 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 8.10 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ(ο) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; bare head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ; turreted Tyche seated on wicker box (?), left, holding ears of corn and cornucopia; to left at her feet, serpent

Bibliography: J. Kinney coll. (ex NBS EA 18, lot 421) 

Diameter:  24.8 Weight: 10.1  

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 6.08 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔ; turreted Tyche standing, facing, head, left, holding patera and rudder

Museum: O: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (UK) Inventory: 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 6.08   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 7.09 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ; Tyche seated, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: BMC 15, obverse worn

Diameter:  23 Weight: 6.21   Axis: 6 

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Nicomedia Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ; 7.09 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ; Tyche seated, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1979-1-1-1412

Bibliography: vA 749 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 7.7   Axis: 6