RPC IV.1, 5594 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5594 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗϹ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
Edition μητρόπολης καὶ πρώτης Νικομηδείας μητ(ρόπολης) καὶ πρώτης Νικομηδείας
Translation of Nicomedia, metropolis and first
Reverse design serpent coiling, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.54 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 59
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1291 Rec 59, pl. XC.18 (rev.)
2 2     B: Rauch
3 3     Olympus Numismatik 16, 12 Oct. 2024, lot 589
4 4     Demeter Coins 37, 22 Feb. 2025, lot 822
5 5     CGT coll. (ex Agora 66, 9 May 2017, lot 94)