RPC III, 537

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 537
Province Achaea
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΝ ΘΕΟΝ
Edition Ἀντίνοον Θεὸν
Translation for Antinous the God
Obverse design bare-headed draped bust of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Νεικοπόλεως
Translation of Nicopolis
Reverse design Asclepius standing left, his right hand on his hip, holding serpent-staff in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.06 g
Reference Blum Nicopolis 3, Oikonomidou Antinous 59–60
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cop SNG 68 = Blum pl. I, 3 rev. = Oikonomidou 60 and pl. 18
2 2     B: Cassel (1925) Oikonomidou 59 and pl. 18