RPC IV.1, 5137 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5137 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ Κο ΑΝΤωΝΙΝ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντωνῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΚοΜοΔΕΙΑ (beneath table) ΝΙΚΑΙΕωΝ (around)
Edition Κομοδέια Νικαιέων
Translation Commodeia, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design agonistic table with two agonistic crowns each containing palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.89 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Rec 305, BMC 53
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 53
2 2     ✸ B: (Löbb) A. Löbbecke, ZfN 12 (1885), 309, no. 3
3 3     Lanz 112 (25/11/2002), 535
4 4     Bern: Righetti 636 vA 7030
5 5     Astarte WA 7, 25 July 2024, lot 148