RPC IV.1, 5635 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5635 (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 ΑΝ[ΤΩΝ]ΙΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος 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 ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟΜΗ
Edition μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νικομηδείας μητρ(οπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομη(δείας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.86 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 151 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18321146, 1906 Löbbecke Rec 151, pl. XCII.26 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. ex Auctiones GnbH 21, 15 Dec. 2013, lot 68