RPC IV.1, 5494 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5494 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design round altar entwined by serpent, head, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.38 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 100 and 102 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     N Rec 100, pl. LXIX.6 (rev.), rev. wrongly as 'altar entwinded by two serpents'
2 2     ✸ P: 845 Rec 102, pl. LXIX.7, obverse as 'laureate head' and obverse legend 'ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟС'