RPC IV.1, 5665 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5665 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚοΜοΔοϹ Κ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Commodus (youthful) with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
Edition Μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νεικομηδείας Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομηδείας
Translation of the metropolis, neocorate, Nicomedia
Reverse design Dikaiosyne standing, left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.29 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 128
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1335 Wa 469 = Rec 128, pl. XCII.9 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1981-1-2-2
3 3     ✸ V: GR 34843
4 4     CGT coll. ex NBS 9, 27 Nov. 2021, lot 355