RPC IV.1, 5545 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5545 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΙΠΠΑΡΧΟϹ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Hipparchus (bearded) seated, left, resting right arm on knee, left hand on seat; to left, globe on column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 293
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1875/226 Rec 293, pl. LXXIV.30, authenticity doubtful: cast?
2 2     L: 1921-11-20-61 Weber, worn and tooled
3 3     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1345 vA 7028