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
Edition Ἥρως Ἀντίνοος
Translation Hero Antinous
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑ
Edition ἡ μητρόπολις Νικομήδεια
Translation the metropolis Nicomedia
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
Average weight 5.93 g
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)