RPC IV.1, 4840 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4840 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated, left, holding uncertain object (ears of corn or patera?) and cornucopia, resting foot on swimming river-god Hypios
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 17
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb) Rec 17, pl. CIV.3
2 2     vA 889
3 3     vA 890
4 4     Private coll. Tom Mullally