RPC IV.1, 5608 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5608 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ Κο ΑΝΤΩΝΙ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μοδος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟ
Edition μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νικομηδείας μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικο(μηδείας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design Homonoia standing, left, wearing stephane, holding patera (over altar) and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.85 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 148–9, BMC 30
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 30, pl. XXXIV.9 (rev.)
2 2     V: GR 15784 Rec 148, pl. XCII.25 (rev.)
3 3     Milan: worn