RPC III, 581

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 581
Province Achaea
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Uncertain
Issue Coinage without imperial portrait
Dating Trajan/Hadrian
Obverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Νικοπολεῶς
Translation of Nicopolis
Obverse design winged bust of Nicopolis, right, crowned with three towers joined by curtain walls
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑϹ
Edition ἱερᾶς
Translation sacred
Reverse design table
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.03 g
Reference Oikonomidou Autonoma 65, Calomino 118
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 168 Oikonomidou 65 and pl. 4
2 2     Turin: 20430
3 3     Preveza Odeon excavations 1971