RPC IV.1, 6298 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6298 (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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙ]
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μοδος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΙΚΟ
Edition μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νικο(μηδείας)
Translation of the metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.69 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 168 corr., W. Weiser, RSN 68 (1989), 71, no. 37
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1356 Wa 476, pl. I.4, obverse as 'Niger' = Rec 168, pl. XCIII.1, obverse as 'Niger' = W. Weiser, RSN 68 (1989), 71, no. 37, pl. 6
2 2     ✸ Szaleniec coll.