RPC IV.1, 5585 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5585 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡοΠ ΚΑΙ ΠΡ [ΝΕ]ΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
Edition μητροπόλεως καὶ πρώτης νεωκόρου Νικομηδείας μητροπ(όλεως) καὶ πρ(ώτης) νεωκόρου Νικομηδείας
Translation of the metropolis and first neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design veiled Demeter standing, facing, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.84 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 47, Cop 552
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 552 Rec 47, pl. XC.8, both sides with traces of tooling?
2 2     ✸ P: 1285, borders hammered