RPC IV.1, 5527 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5527 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΟΜΗΡΟϹ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ὅμηρος Νικαιέων
Translation Homer, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design diademed and draped bust of Homer, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.72 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 190 corr., Rec 249 corr., F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 34, no. 27
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1971-7-2-3, under 'Marcus Aurelius'
2 2     P: 896 Rec 190, pl. LXXI.20 (rev.)
3 3     V: GR 15581 Rec 239, 'Marcus Aurelius' = F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 34, no. 27, obverse legend tooled ΑVΤ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ