RPC IV.1, 6103 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6103 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription [Λ ΑΥΡΗ?] ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ Κ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔ
Edition Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομηδ(είας)
Translation of the metropolis, Nicomedia, neocorate
Reverse design eagle standing, facing, head, right, spreading wings, fighting serpent erect before it
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.12 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 137
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1339 Rec 137, pl. XCII.15 (rev.)