RPC IV.1, 5108 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5108 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ (Αs shaped as Λ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΤοΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΗΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ (Α shaped as Λ)
Edition τὸν κτίστην Νικαιεῖς τὸν κτίστην Νικαιεῖς
Translation the Nicaeans (honour) the founder
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.65 g
Axis 1, 6
Reference Rec 90, BMC 27
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 27, obverse lightly double struck
2 2     Private coll. CGT