RPC IV.1, 5667 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜ([ΗΔ?])
Reverse design Nike advancing, right, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 131 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

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