RPC IV.1, 5588 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5588 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός Ἀντων(ῖνος) Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Antoninus Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΗΤ ΝΕΙΚΟ
Edition Δημήτηρ Νεικομηδείας Δημήτ(ηρ) Νεικο(μηδείας)
Translation Demeter, of Nicomedia
Reverse design veiled Demeter standing, left, holding two ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.39 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 50(1), BMC 12–13
Specimens 27 (16 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 12, obverse legend with ligature, ΑΝΤΩ{Ν Κ}ΑΙСΑΡ СƐΒ, reverse lightly tooled
1 1     Butcher, Nicopolis 270, no. 5, pl. XXXVIII
2 2     L: BMC 13
2 2     ✸ Private coll. CGT
3 3     L: 1897-1-4-32 (ex coll. Bunbury)
4 4     L: 1913-10-10-1, obverse legend with ligature, ΑΝΤΩ{Ν Κ}ΑΙСΑΡ СƐΒ
5 5     P: 1287, not illustrated in Rec
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     B: Löbb, obverse legend with ligature, ΑΝΤΩ{Ν Κ}ΑΙСΑΡ СƐΒ
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Mu: 10
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Mu: 10a
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     NY: 1944.100.42286
11 11     NY: 1970.142.284
12 12     V: GR 15765, both legends with signs of tooling
13 13     V: GR 15766
14 14     Yale: ex PRF Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 637, pl. 25
15 15     C McClean III, 7512, pl. 275.5
16 16     O
17 17     C: Leake 7940, Suppl., p. 74.10 as 'Caracalla'
18 18     Private coll., Baton Rouge
19 19     Private coll. Tom Mullally
20 20     Private coll. Tom Mullally
21 21     Private coll. Frans Diederik
22 22     CGT coll. ex Naville 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 205 (part)