RPC IV.1, 5644 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5644 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥ ΚοΜ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΟΜΗΡΟϹ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Homer seated, left, holding scroll, resting arm on seat
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 285, F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 27, no. 32
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 936 Rec 285, pl. LXXIV.23 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1971-7-2-4
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     Gotha F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1889), 27, no. 32, pl. B'.13 (rev.)
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.