RPC IV.1, 5625 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5625 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription [Λ] ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜοΔοϹ Κ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩΚο ΝΕΙΚοΜΗΔ
Edition Μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νεικομηδείας Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεωκό(ρου) Νεικομηδ(είας)
Translation of the metropolis, Nicomedia, neocorate
Reverse design Asclepius standing, right, resting right hand on hip, resting on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.53 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 125, BMC 28
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 28 Rec 125, pl. XCII.6 (rev.)