RPC IV.2, 3236 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3236 (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) ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Καῖσαρ Κόμοδος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar Commodus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription [ΕΠΙ ϹΤ]ΡΑ Κ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥϹ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Κ(λαυδίου) Νικομήδους βʹ νεωκόρων Περγαμηνῶν
Translation under strategos Claudius Nicomedes, twice neocorate, of the Pergamenes
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; between, Telesphorus standing, facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.64 g
Axis 11
Reference Weisser 1035
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Boston: 63.227 Hesperia Art Bulletin 21 (1962), 246, with silver plating
2 2     ✸ Triton 7 (12/01/2004), 749, both sides with traces of tooling