RPC IV.1, 4738 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4738 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Bithynium Claudiopolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ[ ] ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσαρ[---] Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar[---] Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΒΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ἁδριανῶν Βιθυνιέων
Translation of the Hadrianic Bithynians
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 23.33 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 20, von Fritze Mys. 513 2*
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb, worn
2 2     ✸ P: 615 SNG 1063, under 'Hadriani ad Olympum', both legends tooled = G.F. Hill, JIAN 1 (1898), 245, no. 11 = von Fritze Mys. 513 2*
3 3     vA 298