RPC IV.1, 25050 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 25050 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
Edition μητ(ρόπολης) καὶ πρώτ(ης) Νικομηδείας
Translation of Nicomedia, metropolis and first
Reverse design galley with rowers, left; on stern, two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.46 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 75 var.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1300 Rec 75, pl. XC.33 (rev.), worn, reverse legend as 'ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ'
2 2     ✸ Papillon Numismatic 5 (06/03/2021), 393
3 3     Tiber Numismatics and Auctions 7, 1 Dec. 2024, lot 69