RPC IV.1, 6068 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6068 (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 ΠΡΩ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔ(Ε)ΙΑϹ
Edition μητρόπολης καὶ πρώτης Νικομηδείας μητ(ρόπολης) καὶ πρώ(της) Νικομηδείας
Translation of Nicomedia, metropolis and first
Reverse design herm of veiled Hermes standing on base, facing, wearing mantle, crossing arms in front of chest; to left at his feet, caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.31 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 67
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1298 Wa 475, obverse as 'Commodus' = Rec 67, pl. XC.25 (rev.), worn
2 2     V: GR 15769, reverse legend perhaps ... ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙ only
3 3     ✸ Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, lot 477
4 4     C McClean III, 7511, pl. 275.4
5 5     CGT coll. (ex Auctiones GmbH 34, 22 Feb. 2015, lot 41)