RPC IV.1, 5667 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5667 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΚοΜοΔοϹ Κ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜ([ΗΔ?])
Edition Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομηδ(είας)
Translation of the metropolis, Nicomedia, neocorate
Reverse design Nike advancing, right, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.36 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 131 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15789
2 2     Milan Rec 131, pl. XCII.12, with wrong reading of obverse legend