RPC IV.1, 4204 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4204 (temporary)
Province Epirus
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟ(Δ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδ(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription Ν(Ε)ΙΚΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Νεικοπόλεως
Translation of Nicopolis
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.15 g
Axis 5, 6, 8
Reference Oikonomidou 1–8 and 10, BMC 27, Cop 71–2
Specimens 18 (14 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 71, pierced, 5.20g
2 2     C McClean II, 5145, pl. 187.5 = Oikonomidou 1β, pl. 24
3 3     B: Rauch
4 4     B: (Löbb) Oikonomidou 1δ, pl. 24
5 5     P: 205 Oikonomidou 2α, pl. 24
6 6     V: GR 11930 J. v. Schlosser, Beschreibung der altgriechischen Münzen I (Vienna 1893), 85, no. 51
7 7     SNG Evelpidis 1809 = Oikonomidou 3, pl. 24
8 8     P: 206, pierced, 4.93g
9 9     ✸ Yale: ex PRF, ex private coll. Hollschek
10 10     NY: 1944.100.18778 Oikonomidou 4γ, pl. 24
11 11     V: GR 11932 J. v. Schlosser, Beschreibung der altgriechischen Münzen I (Vienna 1893), 85, no. 52 = Oikonomidou 5, pl. 24
12 12     B: no number Oikonomidou 6, pl. 24
13 13     Cop: 72 Oikonomidou 7, pl. 24
14 14     L: BMC 27, pl. XIX.9 (rev.) Oikonomidou 8α, pl. 24
15 15     O
16 16     Weber 3009
17 17     O Oikonomidou 10, pl. 24
18 18     Leeds-UL: 594 Spink 16/03/1992, 816