RPC IV.1, 5488 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5488 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΝ ΚΤΙϹ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ (Α may be shaped as Λ)
Edition Διόνυσον κτίστην Νικαιεῖς Διόνυσον κτίσ(την) Νικαιεῖς
Translation for Dionysus, the founder, the Nicaeans
Reverse design nude Dionysus (youthful) standing, facing, head, left, holding cantharus and long filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.06 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 78, KM 503, no. 3$
Specimens 6 (6 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 827 Rec 78, pl. LXVIII.12
2 2     V: GR 15565
3 3     B: B-I KM 503, no. 3, obverse double struck
4 4     L: 1911-10-10-28
5 5     NY: 1944.100.42170 Prowe
6 6     O: pierced 6.00g