RPC IV.1, 25506 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 25506 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟ ΑΝΤ(Ω?)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμο(δος) Ἀντω(νῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟΜ
Edition μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νικομηδείας μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομ(ηδείας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design seafaring hero standing with foot on prow, right, head, left, extending right hand, holding transverse sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.05 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    Private coll. CGT
    ✸ CNG 487, 10 March 2021, lot 322 ex CNG 285, 10 Feb. 2010, lot 285