RPC IV.1, 5633 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5633 (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 head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟΜΗ
Edition μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομη(δείας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design serpent coiling, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.57 g
Axis 10
Reference Rec 147, BMC 29
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 29, pl. XXXIV.8 (rev.) Rec 147, pl. XCII.24
2 2     N