RPC III, 1096

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1096
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Obverse inscription ΗΡΩϹ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ
Nominative Antinous Hero
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑ
Reverse design bull standing right; crescent moon on flank
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 44, Blum Nicomedia 2–3
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 10, Blum pl. III, 3 rev.
2 2     ✸ O: Beyley bequest 1948 Jameson II, 1913, pl. V, 113 = Naville XI, Lewis coll., 18-20 June 1925, lot 563
3 3     P: 1281 Rec pl. XC, 5
4 4     Milan: 3845 Brera 3621
5 5     Milan: 3846 Brera 3622
6 6     B: Fox
7 7     Leipzig SNG 74
8 8     Hirsch XXIV, Consul Weber, 10 May 1909, lot 1483
9 9     MM 52, 19–20 June 1975, lot 645
10 10     CNG EA 238, 11 Aug. 2010, lot 228 (ex Rollin and Feuardent, de Quelen coll., 14 May 1888, lot 1108; MM 86, 3–4 June 1998, lot 63)