RPC IV.1, 5626 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5626 (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 ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
Edition μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομηδείας
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design female figure (Homonoia or Tyche?) standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding uncertain object (rudder or patera over altar?) and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.61 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 126 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1334 Wa 471 = Rec 126, pl. XCII.7 (rev.)