RPC VII.2, 1985

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1985
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 emperor on horseback galloping right, holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.01 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 359 corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same rev. die as 1988/1, 1997/1–2.
Note Type described in Rec as 'L'empereur à cheval, allant au pas à dr., sa lance en arrêt'.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1431 SNG vA 806
2 2     P: 1441 Wa 489 = Rec 359, pl. XCVII, 19
3 3     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1200 = Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1160 (C. Fontana coll.) = Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 975