RPC IV.1, 5628 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5628 (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 Μ[ΗΤ] ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΙΑϹ
Edition Μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νικομηδίας Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομηδίας
Translation of the metropolis neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design Nike advancing, right, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.62 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 130, BMC 31
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 31 Rec 130, pl. XCII.11
2 2     CGT coll.