RPC IV.2, 3240 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3240 (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 ] ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥϹ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ Β ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition Νικομήδους νεωκόρων βʹ Περγαμηνῶν
Translation under Nikomedes, of the Pergamene, twice neocorate
Reverse design Dionysus (youthful) standing in biga drawn by two panthers, left; behind, Maenad, walking, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 17.05 g
Axis 12
Reference Weisser 1400
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18266017, Löbb. von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 61, pl. V.1 (rev.) = Weisser 1400, pl. 18
2 2     V-Universität: Inv. 6856
3 3     NY: 1953.171.534, ex coll. Holzer