RPC IV.1, 5590 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5590 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝ[
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντων[---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus[---]
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ Ν[ΙΚ]ΟΜΗΔΕΙ
Edition Μητροπ(όλεως) Νικομηδεί(ας)
Translation of the metropolis 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 3.05 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 52
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1289 Rec 52, pl. XC.11 (rev.)
2 2     V: GR 15767, under 'Rec 49', perhaps with additional reverse legend variation