RPC IV.1, 5870 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5870 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (Α shaped as Λ)
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding owl (or patera) and spear; (beside, shield)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 7, 8
Reference Rec 72 and 74 corr.
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 823 Rec 72, pl. LXVIII.6 (rev.), on reverse, Athena with owl
2 2     V: GR 15573, on reverse, Athena with owl
3 3     ✸ V: GR 30063, on reverse, Athena with patera
4 4     B: (Löbb) Rec 74, pl. LXVIII.8 (rev.), on reverse, Athena with patera and shield
5 5     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 104, on reverse Athena with patera and shield
6 6     Private coll. Tom Mullally, on reverse, Athena with owl