RPC IV.1, 4229 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4229 (temporary)
Province Epirus
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Antoninus Pius
Obverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ ΚΤΙϹΜΑ
Edition Σεβαστοῦ κτίσμα
Translation foundation of Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑϹ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition ἱερᾶς Νικοπόλεως
Translation of sacred Nicopolis
Reverse design battle of Actium: two galleys with soldiers fighting each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.27 g
Axis 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12
Reference Oikonomidou, Augustus 83–7, BMC 12
Specimens 9 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 12 Oikonomidou, Augustus 83α, pl. 10
2 2     V: GR 11891 J. v. Schlosser, Beschreibung der altgriechischen Münzen I (Vienna 1893), 81, no. 16
3 3     NY: 1941.131.515
4 4     P: 171 Oikonomidou, Augustus 83δ, pl. 10, both sides tooled
5 5     B: (Löbb) Oikonomidou, Augustus 84, pl. 10
6 6     B: no number Oikonomidou, Augustus 85α, pl. 10
7 7     Arta: found at Nikopolis 1967
8 8     G: II, 11, no. 1 SNG I, no. 591, broken into two pieces
9 9     ✸ G: II, 11, no. 2, pl. 31.15 SNG I, no. 592 = Oikonomidou, Augustus 87, pl. 10