RPC IV.2, 9768 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 9768 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nicaea Cilbianorum
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Antoninus Pius Group 2: Similar to Ephesian Issue 2
Dating 138–161
Obverse inscription Τ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΕ[
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera over eagle and thunderbolt; to right, Nike standing on base, left, crowning Zeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     SNG Tatış I, no. 491
2 2     ✸ V: GR 36076, under Cilbiani Prowe III, 1451, pl. XXIII, authenticity doubtful: cast, with traces of silver cover