RPC IV.1, 9899 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9899 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΚοΜ ΑΝΤΩΝ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κομ(μόδος) Ἀντων(εῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟϹ 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 14.26 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 315(3), Cop 497
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cop: 497
2 2     vA 7031