RPC IV.1, 7417 (temporary) (forgery)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7417 (temporary) (forgery)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Nicopolis ad Mestum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΟΥΛΠ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕωϹ ΠΡΟϹ ΜΕϹΤΟ(sic)
Reverse design male figure on horseback, right, wearing Phyrgian cap
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Reference Perdrizet, p. 233
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Milan: coll. Brera SNG 461
2 2     Kiev, Historical Museum, apparently no longer there, but cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin