RPC IV.1, 8435 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8435 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [Α Κ?] Μ Α Κο ΑΝΤ[ΩΝ?]
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντων(ῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription [Ι]ΕΡοϹ ΑΓΩΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕ[ΩΝ]
Edition Ἱερὸς Ἀγὼν Νικαιέων
Translation sacred games of the Nicaeans
Reverse design agonistic amphora; beneath, palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.08 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.42185, on reverse, palm-branch off flan