RPC IV.1, 5136 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5136 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ Α(Υ) ΚΟ ΑΝΤΩ(ΝΙ)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μοδος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟϹ ΑΓΩΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ἱερὸς Ἀγὼν Νικαιέων
Translation sacred games of the Nicaeans
Reverse design nude Athlete standing, facing, head, right, placing crown on his head, holding palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.64 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 318(1), BMC 51–2
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 955 Rec 318, pl. LXXV.17 (rev.)
2 2     P: 956
2 2     Private coll. C. V.
3 3     ✸ L: BMC 51, pl. XXXII.17 (rev.)
4 4     L: BMC 52
5 5     NY: 1944.100.42186
6 6     V-ON Leypold I, no. 154
7 7     O
8 8     O
9 9     Private coll. Tom Mullally, ex Forum Ancient Coins
10 10     Boston: 1984.275