RPC IV.2, 9686 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 9686 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Group 1: early in the reign of Antoninus Pius
Dating c. 138–142(?)
Obverse inscription ΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate(?) head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ?] ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Κυζικηνῶν νεοκό(ρων)
Translation of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 15.18 g
Axis 7
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 16150, under 'Trajan', both sides with signs of tooling, attribution to Cyzicus not entirely certain