RPC IV.1, 6108 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6108 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ Κο ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντωνῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ(Ρ) ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟ(Μ)
Edition μητρ(οπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομ(ηδείας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design Hygieia standing facing, head right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.83 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 146
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 16a Rec 146, pl. XCII.23 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ Private coll.