RPC IV, 5620


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5620 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
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
Edition	Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation	Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design	bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔ
Edition	Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομηδ(είας)
Translation	of the metropolis, Nicomedia, neocorate
Reverse design	veiled Demeter standing, right, holding long torch and two ears of corn
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	18 mm
Average weight	3.00 g
Axis	6
Reference	Rec 120
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	P: 1329	Rec 120, pl. XCII.1 (rev.), perhaps with additional reverse legend variation	18	2.93	6	Show
2	2 ✸	V: GR 15788		18	3.07	6	Show
3	3		Münzen & Medaillen, perhaps with additional reverse legend variation	17			Show