RPC IV.1, 9681 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9681 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΤΟΝ ϹΩΤΗΡΑ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ
Edition τὸν σωτῆρα Νικαεῖς
Translation the Nicaeans (honour) the savior
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.47 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 87(2), Cop 473
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 15568
2 2     B: (Löbb)
3 3     Cop: 473, obverse worn
4 4     ✸ C: Leake 2093, Asiatic Greece, p. 89.4, perhaps with slight obverse legend variation, reverse legend with СΩ{ΤΗ}ΡΑ ligature
5 5     vA 545