RPC IV, 4344


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4344 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	4344 (temporary)
Province	Moesia Inferior
Region	Moesia
City	Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign	Commodus
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Dating	c. 182–184
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Κόμοδος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Commodus
Obverse design	laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription	ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹ[
Edition	Νεικοπολ(ιτῶν) πρὸς Ἴσ[---]
Translation	of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design	nude Eros (in attitude of Thanatos?) standing, right, crossing legs, resting on inverted torch on altar(?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	18 mm
Average weight	2.53 g
Axis	2
Reference	AMNG 1241
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	Sofia		18			Show
2	2		Private coll. = G. Dzanev (ed.), Coins from the Rousse District (Rousse, 1998), p. 68 [in Bulgarian]	18			Show
3	3 ✸	O		17	2.53	2	Show