RPC IV.1, 6257 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6257 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition μητ(ρόπολης) καὶ πρώτ(ης) Νικομηδείας
Translation of Nicomedia, metropolis and first
Reverse design galley with sail, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.68 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 74(2), R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 139$
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 35676 R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 139, pl. VI.18 (rev.)
2 2     B: (Fox) Rec 74, pl. XC.32 (rev.)
3 3     C: Mossop
4 4     Zeus Numismatics Budget Auction 6, 11 April 2020, lot 327