RPC IV.1, 6054 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6054 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ Α Κ(ο) ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ι)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡοϹ ΑΓΩΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Ἱερὸς Ἀγὼν Νικαιέων
Translation sacred games of the Nicaeans
Reverse design agonistic amphora; beneath, palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.78 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 314
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B Rec 314, pl. LXXV.14 = ZfN 39, 310, no. 97a
2 2     G: II, 248, no. 16 SNG I, no. 1083
3 3     Trade (London Ancient Coins, eBay)