RPC IV.1, 5642 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5642 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
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 ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟΜ
Edition μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομ(ηδείας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design galley with sail, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.79 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 167, BMC 36
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 36 Rec 167, pl. XCII.39 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1961-3-1-118
3 3     Turin: worn