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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5622 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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) |