RPC IV.1, 5624 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5624 (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 Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Commodus (youthful) (with traces of drapery), right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚοΜ
Edition Μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νεικομηδείας Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομ(ηδείας)
Translation of the metropolis, Nicomedia, neocorate
Reverse design Eros riding on dolphin, right, holding whip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.38 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 124, BMC 27
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1333 Rec 124, pl. XCII.5 (rev.), struck on too large a flan
2 2     L: BMC 27, pl. XXXIV.7 (rev.), obverse with traces of drapery
3 3     CGT coll. ex Naumann Auction 75, 3 March 2019, lot 352