RPC IV.1, 11700 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 11700 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ?] ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟ[ΔΟϹ]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription Ν[Ε]ΙΚΟΠΟΛΙ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Edition Νεικοπολι(τῶν) πρός Ἴστρον
Translation of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design figure (Amazon, Heracles, Hermaphrodite?) reclining on skin, left, resting head on left hand, holding double axe in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.73 g
Axis 11
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll. H.J. Hoeft, found in Bulgaria, reverse with signs of tooling