RPC IV.1, 5138 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5138 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ (Λ or Μ) Α ΚΟ ΑΝΤΩΝ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κο(μμόδος) Ἀντων(εῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar 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 agonistic lot vase between two palm-branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.96 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 311, BMC 54
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 54
2 2     Private coll. John Noory
3 3     Trade (Vcoins, Nemesis)