RPC IV, 5591


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5591 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	5591 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicomedia
Reign	Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.)	Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΝΤΩ (Α shaped as Λ, Ν may be shaped as И)
Edition	Ἀντω(νεῖνος)
Translation	Antoninus
Obverse design	bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription	ΝΕΙΚΟ
Edition	Νεικο(μηδέων)
Translation	of the Nicomedians
Reverse design	torch entwined by serpent, head, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	13 mm
Average weight	1.57 g
Axis	6, 7
Reference	Rec 53
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	B: Fox, on obverse, N inverted		13	1.51	6	Show
2	2	B: I-B	Rec 53, pl. XC.12	14	1.65	6	Show
3	3		Gorny & Mosch 118 (14/10/2002), 1722	13	1.71		Show
4	4 ✸		Private coll. Tom Mullally	13.4	1.42	7	Show
5	5		Gerhard Rhode	14			Show