RPC IV.1, 5585 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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 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 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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 552 Rec 47, pl. XC.8, both sides with traces of tooling?
2 2     ✸ P: 1285, borders hammered