RPC IV.1, 5121 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5121 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 188–190
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥ ΚοΜ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Triptolemus standing in biga drawn by winged serpents, right, sowing with right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.33 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 263, BMC 40
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 926 Rec 263, pl. LXXIV.1
2 2     L: BMC 40, pl. XXXII.11 (rev.)
3 3     C McClean III, 7484, pl. 255.16