RPC IV.1, 5624 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 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 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 21 mm
Average weight 7.44 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 124, BMC 27
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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