RPC IV.1, 5635 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 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 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 12.57 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 151 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb) Rec 151, pl. XCII.26 (rev.)