RPC IV, 5672


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5672 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	5672 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicomedia
Reign	Commodus
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Dating	c. 184–190
Obverse inscription	] ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔ ΑΝΤΩ
Edition	[---] Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδ(ος) Ἀντω(νῖνος)
Translation	[---] Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟ(Μ)
Edition	μητρ(οπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομ(ηδείας)
Translation	of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design	Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	7.89 g
Axis	6
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			L: 1961-3-1-120	perhaps with additional legend variations	25	7.59	6	Rev.: GIC 67 (laureate head r. (Caracalla?))	Show
2	2 ✸				Zeus Numismatics	23	8.18			Show