RPC IV.2, 1989 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1989 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Eumenea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Antoninus Pius
Dating 138-161, probably c. 144-146
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσα(ρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and aegis, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΥΜΕΝΕΩΝ ΑΧΑΙΩΝ
Edition Εὐμενέων Ἀχαιῶν Εὐμενέων Ἀχαιῶν
Translation of the Achaean Eumeneans
Reverse design hump-backed bull walking, left; behind, Nike standing, left, grasping bull's horn, holding knife
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.70 g
Axis 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference BMC 56–7
Specimens 16 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 56, pl. XXVII.10
2 2     L: BMC 57
3 3     vA 3594
4 4     B: B-I
5 5     B: Löbb, obverse might be tooled
6 6     Weber 7096
7 7     V-ON Leypold II, no. 1540
8 8     Numismatik Naumann 49 (08/01/2017), 459
9 9     G. Hirsch 236 (23/09/2004), 2310
10 10     Emporium Hamburg 77 (17/11/2016), 487, under 'Amphipolis'
11 11     Tübingen: coll. Hommel SNG 4014
12 12     ✸ Schulten 18 (19/03/1986), 344 = Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 16 (19/05/2005), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 488 = CNG Electronic Auction 224 (16/12/2009), 421
13 13     Gorny 62 (20/04/1993), 463
14 14     Boston: 63.243
15 15     Private coll. CGT
16 16     Private coll. CGT = Demos Auction 5 (30/10/2021), 367