RPC IV.1, 5644 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΟΜΗΡΟϹ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ὅμηρος Νικαιέων
Translation Homer, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Homer seated, left, holding scroll, resting arm on seat
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.02 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 285, F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 27, no. 32
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen 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.