RPC IV, 8434


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8434 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	8434 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Commodus
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	[ ] Μ ΑΥ ΚΟ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ[?]
Edition	[---] Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντωνῖν[---]
Translation	[---] Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antonin[---]
Obverse design	laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription	ΙΕΡΟ[Ϲ] ΑΓΩΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition	Ἱερὸς Ἀγὼν Νικαιέων
Translation	sacred games of the Nicaeans
Reverse design	three agonistic crowns each containing palm-branch
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Average weight	13.28 g
Axis	6
Reference	Rec 315(2)
Specimens	2 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			NY: 1955.59.18		30	13.98	6	Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse); GIC 254 (Nike standing r., holding wreath and palm (on obverse))	Show
2	2 ✸			C	McClean III, 7483, pl. 255.15	28	12.58	6		Show