RPC IV.1, 5489 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5489 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΗΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ
Edition τὸν κτίστην Νικαιεῖς
Translation the Nicaeans (honour) the founder
Reverse design Dionysus seated in quadriga drawn by elephants, left, holding cantharus and long thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.13 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 80(2)
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 829 Rec 80, pl. LXVIII.14, pierced, 13.69g
2 2     L: 1979-1-1-1328 vA 7017