RPC IV.1, 5274 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5274 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ[ΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ?]
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [Ν]ΙΚΑΙ[Ε]ΩΝ (?)
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus and thyrsus (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference Le Quéré 376, no. 55 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1890-1-10-9, under 'Melus' Le Quéré 376, no. 55, pl. VII, under 'Melus'