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	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	μητρο(πόλεως) νεωκόρ(ου) Νικομηδ(είας)
Translation	of metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design	temple with eight columns
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	10.88 g
Axis	1, 2, 7, 12
Reference	Rec 161 and 164 corr, BMC 33
Specimens	6 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	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