RPC III, 1097

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1097
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Person (rev.) Antinous
Obverse inscription ΗΡΩϹ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ
Nominative Antinous Hero
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑ
Reverse design Antinous as Hermes standing facing, head left, naked but a drapery over his left arm, raising his right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Reference Rec 43, Blum Nicomedia 4
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 9 and pl. XXXIV, Blum pl. III, 4
2 2     P: 1280 v. Sallet, ZfN 5 (1878), p. 107 and fig. rev. = Rec pl. XC, 4
3 3     Künker 133, 11–12 Oct. 3007, lot 8849 (ex Gorny & Mosch 142, 10–11 Oct. 2005, lot 1958)
4 4     ✸ 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)