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 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-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚοΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩ[Κ]ΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων 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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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920-1-11-2 Weber
2 2     C: SNG 4120 Leake 2113, Asiatic Greece, p. 91.1