RPC IV.1, 5669 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5669 (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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ[οϹ]
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚοΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩ[Κ]ΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated, left, holding small temple with eight columns in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.84 g
Axis 1
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920-1-11-2 Weber
2 2     C: SNG 4120 Leake 2113, Asiatic Greece, p. 91.1