RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 69620)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 69620)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Caesarea Germanica
Reign Pescennius Niger
Person (obv.) Pescennius Niger (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΠΕϹΚ ΝΙΓΡΟϹ ΙΟΥϹΤΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Πεσκ(έννιος) Νίγρος Ἰοῦστος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Pescennius Niger Just Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Pescennius Niger, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗϹ
Edition Καίσαριας Γερμανικῆς
Translation of Caesarea Germanica
Reverse design view of the harbour of Caesarea Germanica, with lighthouse and statue (Poseidon?) on column on each side, in which galley under sail right; on left, temple with two columns; below, bull reclining left head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.78 g
Reference Rec 5
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ P: M 6027 Rec 5 and Pl. XLIV, 5. Reverse illustrated in Price/Trell, Coins and their cities, p. 50, fig. 57