RPC IV.1, 5546 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5546 (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 head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design eagle standing on decorated altar, facing, head, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak; between two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.52 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 298
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 944 Rec 298, pl. LXXV.2 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1928-5-14-4
3 3     Aquila Numismatics 15, 6 July 2024, lot 462