RPC IV.1, 5135 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5135 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Μ ΑΥ Κο Α[ΝΤΩΝΕ?]ΙΝ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντωνεῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΚοΜοΔΕΙΑ Ν[(Ε)ΚΑΙΕ?]ωΝ
Edition Κομόδεια Νεκαιέων
Translation Commodeia, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design three Athletes standing around large agonistic lot vase, two Athletes holding up lots, third one extending arm and holding palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.11 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 320, BMC 50
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 50 pl. XXXII.16 (rev.) Rec 320, pl. LXXV.19, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Private coll. F. Jarman, Germany