RPC IV, 5637


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5637 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	5637 (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	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	ΜΗΤ(ΡΟ) ΝΕΩ(ΚΟ(Ρ)) ΝΙΚΟΜΗ(Δ)
Edition	μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νικομηδείας μητρο(πόλεως) νεωκόρ(ου) Νικομηδ(είας)
Translation	of metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design	temple with eight columns
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	10.76 g
Axis	1, 2, 7, 12
Reference	Rec 161 and 164 corr, BMC 33
Specimens	7 (4 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: BMC 33	Rec 161, pl. XCII.34	26	9.53	2		Show
2	2	V: GR 15785		28	11.80	1	Rev.: GIC 67 (laureate head r. (Caracalla?))	Show
3	3	Yale: 116322, ex PRF		27	8.94	2	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
4	4 ✸	B: I-B, in Rec as specimen of 'Rec 162' with radiate head and misreading obverse and reverse legends		26	10.86	2		Show
5	5	B: Löbb, in Rec as 'Rec 164', misreading obverse and reverse legends		26	12.42	7		Show
6	6		Private coll.	27	11.75	12		Show
7	7		CGT coll.	25	10.03	7		Show