RPC IV.1, 5875 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5875 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νεικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design infant Dionysus seated in cradle, right, extending both arms; to left, thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.68 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 79, Cop 480 corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B Rec 79, pl. LXVIII.13 (rev.)
2 2     Cop: 480, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius' and obverse legend as 'ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ Α[VΡ] ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟС'
3 3     V-ON Leypold I, no. 145