RPC IV.1, 6022 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6022 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ Κ Λ?] ΑΥ ΚοΜ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμ(οδος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΤοΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΗΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ
Edition τὸν κτίστην Νικαιεῖς
Translation the Nicaeans (honour) the founder
Reverse design Dionysus seated in quadriga drawn by elephants, left, holding cantharus and long filleted thyrsus; wagon decorated with star and two dots
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.61 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 269
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 928 Rec 269, pl. LXXIV.7 (rev.)