RPC IV.1, 4217 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4217 (temporary)
Province Epirus
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Antoninus Pius
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ΝΙΚοΠοΛΙϹ (Ϲ may be shaped as reversed Ζ)
Edition Ἱερά Νικόπολις
Translation sacred Nicopolis
Obverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche with wings, left
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤοΥ ΚΤΙϹΜΑ
Edition Σεβαστοῦ κτίσμα
Translation foundation of Augustus
Reverse design Aktia seated, left, holding agonistic crown and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.86 g
Axis 6, 7, 8
Reference Oikonomidou, Autonoma 54–9, BMC 1
Specimens 9 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: no number Oikonomidou, Autonoma 54, pl. 4
2 2     B: 17054 Oikonomidou, Autonoma 55, pl. 4
3 3     NY: 1947.97.150 Oikonomidou, Autonoma 56α, pl. 4
4 4     P: 166
5 5     NY: 1944.100.18761 Oikonomidou, Autonoma 57α, pl. 4 (rev.), worn
6 6     V: GR 11882 J. v. Schlosser, Beschreibung der altgriechischen Münzen I (Vienna 1893), 80, no. 5
7 7     NY: 1948.4.40 Oikonomidou, Autonoma 58, pl. 4 (rev.), worn
8 8     ✸ L: BMC 1 Oikonomidou, Autonoma 59α, pl. 4
9 9     Iannina Museum, found at Nicopolis 1969