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Ancient Coinage of Bithynia, Bithynium

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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
RecGen 1Bithynium, Bithynia. AE 24mm, 6.4 gr, 59 BC. C. Papirius Carbo, Proconsul. Obv: BIQUNIEWN, head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy; DKS (= local year 224) before / EPI GAIOU PAPIRIOU KARBONOS to left and right of Roma seated left on shields, holding Nike and sceptre; RWMH in exergue. Sear 3733; BMC 1; RecGen 1.TextImage
ANTINOUS
RecGen 15Antinous AE37 Medallion of Bithynia, Bithynium. ANTINOOC QEON HPATPIC, bare-headed, draped bust left / BEIQUNIEWN ADRIANWN, Hermes standing left, holding pedum in left arm & placing right hand on neck of bull standing left beside him. Blum 9.TextObvRev
VALERIAN_I
RecGen 69Valerian I, AE31 of Bithynium (Claudiopolis), Bithynia, AD 253-260 AD. AVT..POU LIK OUALERIANOC CEB (or similar), laureate, draped bust right / BEIQUNIEWN ADRIANWN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and long sceptre. RecGen 69.TextImage
GALLIENUS
RecGen 71Gallienus AE30 of Bithynium, Bithynia. POU LIK GALLHNOC CE, laureate head right / BUQUNIEWN ADRIANWN, Zeus seated left holding patera & sceptre. BMC 20. TextImage
RecGen 72Gallienus AE24 of Bithynium, Bithynia. POU LIK GALLHNOC C, laureate head right / BUQUNIEWN ADRIANWN, Zeus seated left holding patera & sceptre.TextImage
See also: Entry for bithynium on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Bithynium at AncientImports.com
Search for Bithynium in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Bithynium in the ANS Database
Search for Bithynium at AsiaMinorCoins.com
Search for Bithynium in the RPC IV (Antonines) database at the Ashmolean Museum

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