RPC IV.1, 6246 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6246 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντ(ωνῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΟΜΗΡΟϹ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ὅμηρος Νικαιέων
Translation Homer, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design diademed and draped bust of Homer, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.18 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 9
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Weiser 019, pl. 2
2 2     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 108
3 3     ✸ O
4 4     Boston: 1986.72