RPC IV.1, 5877 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5877 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ(Ι) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ (ϹΕ)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass (and paludamentum), right
Reverse inscription ΙΠΠΟΝ ΒΡΟΤΟΠΟΔΑ ΜΝΑ ΧΡΥϹΕΑ ΠΟΛΙϹ
Reverse design Mên on horseback, right, wearing radiate-crown, holding wreath; behind his shoulders, crescent; horse's tail ends in serpent; left foreleg in form of human leg; right foreleg in form of serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 82
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 831 Rec 82, pl. LXVIII.16 (rev.)
2 2     vA 548
3 3     V-ON Leypold I, no. 146, pierced 14.80 g, obverse with cuirass and paludamentum
4 4     Boston: 62.299