RPC IV.1, 10816 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10816 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [Α Κ Μ] ΑΥ ΚΟ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντωνῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟΜ
Edition μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομ(ηδείας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design nude Heracles (bearded) standing, right, resting right hand on hip, left arm wrapped in lion skin, resting on club which stands on rock; to right above, nude infant figure (Eros or Telephus?), left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.80 g
Axis 8
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll. F. Jarman, Germany