RPC IV, 5632


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5632 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	5632 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicomedia
Reign	Commodus
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Dating	c. 184–190
Obverse inscription	Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ
Edition	Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντωνῖν(ος)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟ(ΜΗ)
Edition	μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομη(δείας)
Translation	of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design	Athena standing, left, holding galley and spear; leaning against her, shield
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	12.17 g
Axis	7, 12
Reference	Rec 143
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	P: 1344	Wa 7088, obverse wrongly as 'Marcus Aurelius'	28	10.95	12	Show
2	2 ✸	P: 1343	Rec 144, pl. XCII.20 (rev.)	29	14.42	7	Show
3	3		vA 7107	27	11.13		Show
4	4	N		29			Show