RPC IV.1, 17440 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 17440 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟ [ ] ΑΥΤ ΓΕΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμο(δος) [---] Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Γερ(μανικός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus [---] Emperor Germanicus
Obverse design bare head of Commodus (youthful), right
Reverse inscription ΜΗ[ΤΡΟΠΟ ΝΕΩ] ΝΙ[ΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ]
Edition μητροπό(λεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομηδείας
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 2.80 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     D. Lowe coll.