RPC IV.1, 5126 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5126 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥ ΚοΜ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΤοΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΗΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕ[ΙϹ?]
Edition τὸν κτίστην Νικαιεῖς τὸν κτίστην Νικαιεῖς
Translation the Nicaeans (honour) the founder
Reverse design Dionysus (youthful) standing in biga drawn by panthers, right, holding transverse thyrsus and bunch of grapes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.34 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 270, BMC 44
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 44
2 2     V: GR 15588 Rec 270, pl. LXXIV.8 (rev.)