RPC IV.1, 6047 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6047 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ Κο(Μ) ΑΝΤΩΝ(ΙΝ) (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμ(οδος) Ἀντωνῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟϹ (inscribed on table) ΑΓΩΝ (beneath table) ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (around)
Edition Ἱερὸς Ἀγὼν Νικαιέων Ἱερὸς Ἀγὼν Νικαιέων
Translation sacred games of the Nicaeans
Reverse design agonistic table with two agonistic crowns each containing palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.34 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 304 corr.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Löbb) Rec 304, pl. LXXV.8 (rev.)
2 2     Private coll.
3 3     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 306, 15 Oct. 2024, lot 1065 (ex Münzhandlung Ritter Liste 88, 2011, lot 469)