RPC IV.1, 5668 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5668 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (lightly bearded), right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚοΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚοΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design galley with six rowers, left; on stern, two standards; in background, two temples with eight columns each
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.37 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference Rec 165
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1354 Rec 165(2), pl. XCII.36 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1961-3-1-121
3 3     V: GR 15790
4 4     ✸ B: 18200837, 1848/8639
5 5     B: (Löbb)
6 6     Mabbott 1186, under 'Antoninus Pius'
7 7     CNG 87, 18 May 2011, lot 831