RPC IV.1, 5659 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5659 (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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μοδος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟΜ
Edition μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νικομηδείας μητρ(οπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομ(ηδείας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 29.74 g
Axis 7
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1415 vA 7103, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius', in L under 'Marcus Aurelius', struck on too large a flan