RPC IV.1, 4158 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4158 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Bizya
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Pompeius Vopiscus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑИΤΩИΕΙИΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓ[Ε?] Λ ΠοΜΠο ΟΥΟΠΕΙϹΚΟΥ ΒΙΖΥΗИΩИ
Edition ἡγε(μoνεύοντος) Λ(ουκίου) Πομπε(ίου) Οὐοπείσκου Βιζυηνῶν
Translation under governor Lucius Pompeius Vopiscus, of the Bizyans
Reverse design monumental city gate: wall section with closed gate between two round towers; entire wall decorated with galleries of arches; on top, quadriga, left, between two other figures(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.86 g
Reference Jurukova, Bizye
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     MMAG 47 (1972), 436 = Price-Trell, p. 223, fig. 497 (rev.)
2 2     Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 6 (06/10/2000), 371
3 3     ✸ Demos Auctions 10 (14/05/2022), 437