RPC IV.1, 5623 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5623 (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(Ρ(Ο)) ΝΕΩ(Κ(ΩΡ) ΝΕΙΚοΜ(Η)
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) νεωκόρ(ου) Νεικομη(δείας)
Translation of metropolis, neocorate, Nicomedia
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of veiled Demeter standing, right, long torch and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.38 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 123
Specimens 6 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1331 Rec 123, pl. XCII.4 (rev.), rev. legend tooled?
2 2     P: 1332
3 3     ✸ B: ex coll. Sperling
4 4     B: Rauch
5 5     B: (Löbb)
6 6     C: Leake 2114, Asiatic Greece, p. 91.2