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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνεῖνος 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 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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# Specimen 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