RPC IV.3, 4917 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4917 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Paphlagonia
City Neoclaudiopolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year 161 (ΡΞΑ) (AD 155/156)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕοΚΛΑΥΔΙοΠοΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΤ ΡΞΑ
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding patera over lighted altar and spear; (leaning against her, shield)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 3 and 6, Dalaison & Delrieux, Néapolis-Néoclaudiopolis 11-13
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1900/441
2 2     ex Grand Duc coll., on reverse, Athena without shield
3 3     L Rec 6, pl. XXIII.9
4 4     L: 1898-4-3-1, reverse worn
5 5     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1242 vA 190
6 6     L: 1979-1-1-1243 (ex private coll. H. von Aulock, not catalogued in vA)
7 7     Bern: Righetti 607