RPC IV.1, 6116 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6116 (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 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 and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
Edition Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομηδείας
Translation of the metropolis, neocorate, Nicomedia
Reverse design eagle standing, facing, spreading wings, fighting serpent coiled around it; (in exergue, galley?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.55 g
Axis 4, 7
Reference Rec 160
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Turin A. Fabretti et al., Regio Museo di Torino, Monete greche (Turin, 1964), no. 23333, under 'Septimius Severus', worn
2 2     ✸ NY: 1953.171.709, obverse worn, under 'Marcus Aurelius', attribution to this type higly tentative
3 3     Private coll.