RPC IV.1, 5879 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5879 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΥΓΕΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΑϹΚΛΗΠΙΩ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ
Edition Ὑγεία καὶ Ἀσκληπιῷ Νικαιεῖς
Translation to Hygieia and Asclepius, the Nicaeans
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; in centre, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; to right, Telesphorus standing, facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 50.78 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 84
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Prowe I, 1195, pl. VI, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     B: (Löbb)