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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5621 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | IV.1 |
| Number | 5621 (temporary) |
| Province | Bithynia-Pontus |
| Region | Bithynia |
| City | Nicomedia |
| Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
| Person (obv.) | Commodus (Caesar) |
| Dating | 175–177 |
| Obverse inscription | Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ ΚοΜΜοΔοϹ ΚΑΙ |
| Edition | Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Καῖ(σαρ) |
| Translation | Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar |
| Obverse design | bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right |
| Reverse inscription | ΜΗΤΡο ΝΕΩΚο ΝΕΙΚοΜΗΔ |
| Edition | Μητρο(πόλεως) νεωκό(ρου) Νεικομηδ(είας) |
| Translation | of the metropolis, neocorate, Nicomedia |
| Reverse design | temple with six columns enclosing statue of veiled Demeter standing, left, holding two ears of corn and long torch; in pediment, eagle with spreading wings |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 32 mm |
| Average weight | 17.69 g |
| Axis | 6, 12 |
| Reference | Rec 121 and 271 corr., BMC 25, W. Weiser, RSN 68 (1989), 73, no. 41 |
| Specimens | 4 (4 in the core collections) |
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