RPC IV.1, 9979 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9979 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ [ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ?] (Αs shaped as Λs)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass with traces of paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΤοΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΗΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ (Α shaped as Λ)
Reverse design nude Heracles (bearded) standing, facing, resting arm on club, holding lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 108(2)
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb)
2 2     Private coll. CGT