RPC IV.1, 6104 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6104 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ Κ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ 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 ΜΗ(Τ) ΝΕΩ(Κο) ΝΕΙΚοΜΗ
Edition Μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νεικομηδείας Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεωκό(ρου) Νεικομη(δείας)
Translation of the metropolis, neocorate, Nicomedia
Reverse design galley with sail, left; on stern, two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.51 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 139
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1340 Wa 473 = Rec 139, pl. XCII.16 (rev.)
2 2     B: 6652JF
3 3     Turin: worn and tooled
4 4     C McClean III, 7513, pl. 257.6
5 5     O
6 6     CGT coll.