RPC IV.1, 5543 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5543 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription ΛΟΥ ΑΥΡΗ ΚοΜοΔοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Λού(κιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.14 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 247
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1897-1-4-26 (ex coll. Bunbury)