RPC IV.1, 6100 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩΚ(Ο) ΝΕΙΚΟΜ(ΗΔΕΙΑϹ)
Reverse design hippocamp, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 133
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

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.