RPC IV.1, 6112 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6112 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟ ΑΝΤ(Ω?)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμο(δος) Ἀντω(νῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(ΟΠ(Ο)) ΝΕΩ(Κ) ΝΙΚΟΜΗ
Edition μητροπό(λεως) νεωκ(όρου) Νικομη(δείας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design she-wolf standing, left, head, right, feeding twins
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.58 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 156 and Rec 96 corr.
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1350 Rec 156, pl. XCII.31 (rev.)
2 2     B: 1900/524 Rec 96, pl. XCI.17, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius', reverse legend perhaps ΝΙΚΟΜ only, reverse might be tooled
3 3     R. Postel, Katalog der antiken Münzen in der Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg, 1976), 49, no. 167, pl. 11, on loan from the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
4 4     Naumann 136, 7 Jan. 2024, lot 335