RPC IV.1, 5650 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5650 (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 ΠΡΩΤ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙ(ΑϹ)
Edition μητρόπολης καὶ πρώτης Νικομηδείας μητ(ρόπολης) καὶ πρώτ(ης) Νικομηδείας
Translation of Nicomedia, metropolis and first
Reverse design veiled Demeter standing, left, holding two ears of corn (over serpent) and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.15 g
Axis 2, 6
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1410 vA 744
2 2     O
3 3     O
4 4     Private coll. CGT, ex Lanz
5 5     Naville Numismatics 97, 10 Aug. 2025, lot 221