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
Edition Ἥρως Ἀντίνοος Ἥρως Ἀντίνοος
Translation Hero Antinous
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑ
Edition ἡ μητρόπολις Νικομήδεια ἡ μητρόπολις Νικομήδεια
Translation the metropolis Nicomedia
Reverse design bull standing right; crescent moon on flank
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.73 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 44, Blum Nicomedia 2–3
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BNK,G.1169 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)