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
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (lightly bearded), right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚοΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚοΡΩΝ
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
Axis 1, 2
Reference Rec 165(2)
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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: 8639
5 5     B: (Löbb)
6 6     Mabbott 1186, under 'Antoninus Pius'
7 7     CNG 87, 18 May 2011, lot 831