RPC VII.2, 1984

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1984
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Pupienus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΚΛΩΔ ΠΟΥΠΙΗΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Κλώδ(ιος) Πουπιηνὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Claudius Pupienus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Pupienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Demeter seated on basket, left, holding ears of corn and long torch; in front, coiled serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.36 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference Rec 358
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1433 SNG vA 809
2 2     P: 1440 Wa 490 = Rec 358, pl. XCVII, 18
3 3     B: 18273653, 1868/28819
4 4     Dorotheum 495, 6 June 2002, lot 1079
5 5     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 428