RPC IV.1, 4345 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4345 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΙ ΠΡΟϹ ΕΙϹΤΡ (sic and Ρs retrograde)
Edition Νεικοπολιτῶν πρός Εἴστρῳ Νεικοπολι(τῶν) πρός Εἴστρ(ῳ)
Translation of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design nude male figure with horns(?) advancing, right, carrying staff(?) over shoulder, holding jar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.68 g
Axis 6, 8, 12
Reference AMNG 1242
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 7988 AMNG 1242, pl. XIX.13 (rev.)
2 2     Comptoir Général Financier, Monnaies 8 (16/07/2000), 267, reverse as 'river-god?'
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     ✸ CGT coll. ex Pecunem 16, 4 May 2014, lot 642