RPC IV.1, 5597 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5597 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤ(ΗϹ) ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙ (Α shaped as Λ)
Edition μητροπόλεως καὶ πρώτης Νικομηδείας μητ(ροπόλεως) καὶ πρώτης Νικομηδεί(ας)
Translation of Nicomedia, metropolis and first city
Reverse design Pegasus galloping, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.00 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Rec 69
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Rauch Rec 69, pl. XC.27 (rev.), pierced, 5.19g
2 2     ✸ L: 1970-9-9-42
3 3     NY: 1944.100.42287
4 4     Turin
5 5     Private coll. Tom Mullally = VAuctions 277 (16/02/2012), 277
6 6     CGT coll. (ex VAuction 273, 24 Nov. 2011, lot 260)