RPC IV.1, 3730 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3730 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription [Α Κ?] [Μ ΑΥ ΚΟ] ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩΚΟ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔ
Edition μητ(ροπόλεως) νεωκό(ρου) Νικομηδ(είας)
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 6.84 g
Axis 1
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1998.18.36 Lindgren III, 205, weight wrongly as '7.83g'