RPC IV.1, 6100 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6100 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription [Λ?] [ΑΥ]Ρ ΚοΜοΔοϹ Κ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩΚ(Ο) ΝΕΙΚΟΜ(ΗΔΕΙΑϹ)
Edition Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεωκό(ρου) Νεικομηδείας
Translation of the metropolis, Nicomedia, neocorate
Reverse design hippocamp, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.73 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 133
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1337 Wa 474 = Rec 133, pl. XCII.13 (rev.)
2 2     V-ON Mabbott 1193 = Leypold I, no. 218, perhaps with shorter reverse legend
3 3     Parma: cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
4 4     O
5 5     C.G. coll.