RPC IV.1, 10398 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10398 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗ(Δ)
Edition Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομηδ(είας)
Translation of the metropolis, Nicomedia, neocorate
Reverse design nude Poseidon standing with foot on prow (or rock), right, holding trident and dolphin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.41 g
Axis 7
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 759, on reverse, Poseidon with foot on prow
2 2     ✸ Private coll. Tom Mullally, on reverse, Poseidon with foot on rock