RPC IV.1, 5557 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5557 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Tium
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤοΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΒΙΛΛΑΙοϹ ϹΑΡΔΩ ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus standing on base, facing, head, left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus; before, river-gods Billaios (on left) and Sardon (on right) reclining, facing each other; each on water-urn; Billaios with reed and branch, Sardon with corn-ears and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 42
Specimens 5 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979-1-1-1477 vA 943
2 2     L: 1897-1-4-46 (ex coll. Bunbury)
3 3     ✸ P: 1630 Rec 42, pl. CVII.17 (rev.)
4 4     V: GR 15903
5 5     B: alter Bestand, worn