RPC IV.2, 3239 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3239 (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 [ΜΑ(sic) ΑΥ]Ρ ΚοΜοΔ[οϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ]
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ Μᾶ(ρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription [ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ]Α ΚΛ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥϹ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩ[Ν Β?] [ΝΕΟ]ΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Κλαυδίου Νικομήδους Περγαμηνῶν βʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Κλ(αυδίου) Νικομήδους Περγαμηνῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Claudius Nicomedus, of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding Nike and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 18.37 g
Axis 12
Reference Weisser 1032
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.43345 Weisser 1032, pl. 18
2 2     ✸ Private coll. Keun, Athens, Inv. 438