RPC IV.1, 6114 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6114 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription [ΑΥ Κ Μ] ΑΥ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤΩΝ[Ι]Ν (?)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντωνῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΝΕΩΚο ΝΙΚοΜ(Η)
Edition μητρο(πόλεως) νεωκό(ρου) Νικομη(δείας)
Translation of metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design eagle standing, facing, head, right, spreading wings, fighting serpent coiled around it; (in exergue, galley ?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.56 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Rec 158 corr.
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1352 Rec 158, pl. XCII.33 (rev.)
2 2     Mu: 16b
3 3     Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 716, pl. 29
4 4     N
5 5     B: 18221227 I-B, Rec 244 and Pl. XCIV, 27