RPC IV.1, 3776 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3776 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription Α Μ Α Κο ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντωνῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟΜ
Edition μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομ(ηδείας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design serpent coiling, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.46 g
Axis 2
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.42291, under 'Marcus Aurelius'
2 2     ✸ Naumann 110, 7 Nov. 2021, lot 495