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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος 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 μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νικομηδείας 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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# Specimen 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