RPC IV.1, 10899 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10899 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription Α[Υ Κ Μ?] ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔ ΑΝΤΩ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδ(ος) Ἀντω(νῖνος)
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 Poseidon standing with foot on rock, left, holding dolphin and trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.54 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G: II, 253, no. 8 SNG I, no. 1111