RPC IV.1, 6117 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6117 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ
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 ΜΗΤΡοΠ ΝΕΩΚοΡοΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗϹ ΝΕΙΚοΜΗΔΕΙΑϹ
Edition μητροπ(όλεως) νεωκόρου καὶ πρώτης Νεικομηδείας
Translation of the metropolis, neocorate and first city, Nicomedia
Reverse design galley with five rowers, left; on stern, two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.55 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 166, F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 32, no. 48 corr.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1355 Wa 472 = Rec 166, pl. XCII.38 (rev.)
2 2     Trade = F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 32, no. 48, misreading last part of reverse legend as 'ΝƐΙΚΟΜΗ ΑϹΙΑС'
3 3     N