Bithynia. Tion. Antoninus Pius AD 138-161.
Bronze Æ
29 mm, 12,46 g
[ΑVΤOΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝOϹ], laureate head right, with slight drapery on far shoulder / ΤΙΑ-ΝΩΝ, lighted torch.
Glossy dark green patina with red highlights. Nearly very fine.
RPC IV.1 online 5560; Waddington, Recueil Général 52.
Ex Dr. F. Jarman Collection.
Tium was remarkable as the birthplace of Philetairos, the founder of the royal dynasty of Pergamon.