RPC IV.1, 5620 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5620 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜοΔοϹ Κ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔ
Reverse design veiled Demeter standing, right, holding long torch and two ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 120
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1329 Rec 120, pl. XCII.1 (rev.), perhaps with additional reverse legend variation
2 2     ✸ V: GR 15788
3 3     Münzen & Medaillen, perhaps with additional reverse legend variation