RPC III, 1116

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1116
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Bithynium Claudiopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Person (rev.) Antinous
Obverse inscription Η ΠΑΤΡΙϹ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΝ ΘΕΟΝ
Obverse design draped bust, bare head, of Antinous, left
Reverse inscription ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Antinous as Hermes Nomios, with short chiton and chlamys walking left, looking right, seizing a reed with his right hand and holding pedum in his left; behind him, ox grazing to left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 83 mm
Axis 1
Reference Blum Bithynium —, von Mosch 6
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Sandes Backe, p.40, no. 17
2 2     Boston: 1972.16 ex MM 41, 18–19 June 1970, lot 350 = von Mosch 6-11
3 3     Milan: 3843 Brera 3259
4 4     ✸ Giessener Münzhandlung 76, 22 Apr. 1996, lot 310
5 5     Lanz 128, 22 May 2006, lot 437 (ex Hess-Leu 49, 27–28 Apr. 1971, lot 365; MM 52, 19–20 June 1975, lot 640) ( = von Mosch 6-13)
6 6     Auctiones GmbH e #81, 17 Sept. 2023, lot 29