RPC IV.1, 8446 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8446 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟ[Δ]ΟϹ Κ ΑΥΤ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Λ(εύκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Κ(αῖσαρ) Αὐτ(οκράτορος) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar of the Emperor Germanicus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ ΝΙΚοΜΗΔΙ
Edition Μητροπόλ(εως) Νικομηδί(ας)
Translation of the metropolis of Nicomedia
Reverse design veiled Demeter standing, left, holding two ears of corn and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.74 g
Axis 5
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.42301