RPC IV.1, 5666 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5666 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜοΔοϹ Κ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡοΠο ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚοΜΗΔΕΙΑ
Edition Μητροπό(λεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομηδεία(ς)
Translation of the metropolis, neocorate, Nicomedia
Reverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right; to right, two corn-ears; below, galley, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.62 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 127
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Fox) Rec 127, pl. XCII.8
2 2     N
3 3     ✸ priv Coll H.I. (ex Numismatik Naumann 137, 4 Feb. 2024, lot 376)