RPC IV.1, 9771 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9771 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ Α ΚΟ ΑΝΤΩΝ[ΕΙ?]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κομμόδος Ἀντωνεῖνος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κο(μμόδος) Ἀντωνεῖ(νος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟϹ ΑΓ[ΩΝ ΝΙΚΑ]ΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ἱερὸς Ἀγὼν Νικαιέων Ἱερὸς Ἀγὼν Νικαιέων
Translation sacred games of the Nicaeans
Reverse design agonistic amphora; beneath, palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.13 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 36086, under 'Marcus Aurelius' and 'Hierocaesarea in Lydia' Prowe III, 1469, pl. , under 'Hierocaesarea in Lydia' = GRPCL 'Hierocaesarea' 88
2 2     CGT coll.