RPC IV.1, 5486 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5486 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust(?) of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum(?), right
Reverse inscription [Ν]ΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (Α shaped as Λ)
Edition Νεικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design nude Poseidon standing with foot on rock, right, holding trident and dolphin; trident resting on uncertain object (rock?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.55 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 71, KM 9, no. 2$
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: B-I Rec 71, pl. LXVIII.5 = KM 9, no. 2
2 2     Private coll. Tom Mullally