RPC IV.1, 5630 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5630 (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 ΜΗ(Τ) ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚοΜΗΔ
Edition Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομηδ(είας)
Translation of the metropolis, Nicomedia, neocorate
Reverse design galley with five rowers, left; on stern, two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.23 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 138, BMC 35, Cop 566
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 35
2 2     Cop: 566