RPC IV.1, 5622 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5622 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ Κ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) 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 ΝΕΙΚοΜΗ(Δ)
Edition Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομηδ(είας)
Translation of the metropolis, Nicomedia, neocorate
Reverse design temple with six columns enclosing statue of veiled Demeter standing, left, holding ears of corn and long torch; beneath ethnic, galley(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.83 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 122
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1330 Rec 122, pl. XCII.3 (rev.), perhaps with palm-branch instead of galley beneath ethnic
2 2     L: G 0736