RPC IV.1, 5595 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5595 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
Edition Μητροπόλε(ως) Νεικομηδεί(ας) νεωκόρ(ου)
Translation of the metropolis of Nicomedia, neocorate
Reverse design Tyche seated, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.09 g
Axis 2, 6
Reference Rec 62, BMC 15, Cop 555
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 15, obverse worn
2 2     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1412 vA 749
3 3     V: GR 15764
4 4     B: 1878/736 Rec 62, pl. XC.20
5 5     Milan
6 6     Mu: SNG 655, under 'Metropolis in Ionia', reverse legend wrongly as 'ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΕΝ ΙΩΝΙΑ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ' and reverse figure as 'Cybele'
7 7     Cop: 555
8 8     Niggeler 597, pl. 3
9 9     O