RPC IV.1, 5987 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5987 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ [ΚΑΙ]
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕ[Ω]Ν
Edition Νικαιέων Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design nude Satyr reclining on wineskins, left, holding cantharus(?) and pedum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.77 g
Axis 8
Reference Rec 243; on this rev. type , see H. C. von Mosch, "Man kann sagen, der Silen sei gelehrt ..." Zum trunkenen Satyr aus der Villa dei Papiri im Kontext der Gründungsmythen von Nikaia, JNG 60, 2010, p. 71-117
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 28701 Rec 243, pl. LXXIII.13
2 2     Munich private coll.