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
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΤοΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΗΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕ[ΙϹ?]
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
Axis 6
Reference Rec 270, BMC 44
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 44
2 2     V: GR 15588 Rec 270, pl. LXXIV.8 (rev.)