RPC IV.2, 3233 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3233 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Nikomedes (strategos)
Dating 175–176
Obverse inscription Μ(sic) ΑΥΡΗ ΚοΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Κ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥϹ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ Β
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κ(λαυδίου) Νικομήδους Περγαμηνῶν νεωκόρων βʹ
Translation under strategos Claudius Nikomedes, of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design temple with six columns enclosing statue of Asclepius standing, facing, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 19.70 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Weisser 1040, BMC 295
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 1406
2 2     ✸ L: BMC 295, pl. XXIX.11 (rev.)
3 3     B: 1888-137
4 4     P: 1323 SNG 2155
5 5     Milan: B4997, both sides with traces of tooling Weisser 1040, pl. 17
6 6     P: de Brailles 1674 SNG 2156, worn
7 7     Warsaw
8 8     Antioch Associates Mail Bid Sale 38 (25/02/2002), 79
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 147 (07/03/2006), 1830
10 10     Numismeo 4791 (accessed 12/12/2016)