RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 74620)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 74620)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Macrianus and Quietus
Person (obv.) Quietus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΙ(Τ) ΦΟΥ(Λ) ΙΟΥ ΚΥΗΤΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Τιτ(ὸς) Φούλ(βιος) Ἰού(λιος) Κύητος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Titus Fulvius Julius Quietus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Quietus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΡΙϹΤΩΝ ΜΕΓ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition ἀρίστων μεγ(ίστων) Νικαιέων
Translation of the best, greatest Nicaeans
Reverse design bird's eye view of city with gates front and back flanked by two towers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.97 g
Axis 2, 6, 12
Reference Rec 873
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L Rec 872, pl. 88.15 (where combined with wrong rev.) = BMC 160
    B: von Rauch
    Mu Rec 866, pl. 88.16
    NY: 1951.64.11
    CNG 453, 2 Oct. 2019, lot 174
    ✸ CNG 53, 20 Nov. 2002, lot 49
    Numismatik Naumann 126, 5 - 6 Mar. 2023, lot 646