RPC IV.1, 17471 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 17471 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription Υ Κ?] Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔ ΑΝΤ[Ω?]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος 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 and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΝΕΩΚΟ ΝΙΚΟΜΗ
Edition μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νικομηδείας μητροπό(λεως) νεωκό(ρου) Νικομη(δείας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design she-wolf standing, t., head, left, feeding twins
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.37 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 156 —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ T. Mullally coll. = Savoca Coins 84 Silver, 30 Aug. 2020, lot 182