RPC IV.1, 6113 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6113 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟ ΑΝΤΩ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμο(δος) Ἀντω(νῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ Ν[Ε]Ω ΝΙΚΟΜ
Edition μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου Νικομηδείας μητρ(οπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικομ(ηδείας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design eagle standing on globe, right, head, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.38 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 157
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1351 Rec 157, pl. XCII.32 (rev.)
2 2     CGT coll.