RPC IV, 5622


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5622 json ttl rdf xml
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
Obverse design	bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚοΜΗ(Δ)
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
Axis	12
Reference	Rec 122
Specimens	2 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			P: 1330	Rec 122, pl. XCII.3 (rev.), perhaps with palm-branch instead of galley beneath ethnic	23	5.93	12		Show
2	2			L: G 0736		21	5.73	12		Show