RPC IV, 6104


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6104 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
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	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	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	23 mm
Average weight	7.85 g
Axis	12
Reference	Rec 139
Specimens	5 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	P: 1340	Wa 473 = Rec 139, pl. XCII.16 (rev.)	22	6.71	12	Show
2	2	B: 6652JF		24	7.17	12	Show
3	3	Turin: worn and tooled		21			Show
4	4	C	McClean III, 7513, pl. 257.6	24	9.21	12	Show
5	5	O		22	8.31	12	Show