RPC IV.1, 6048 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6048 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ Κο ΑΝΤωΝΙΝ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντωνῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΚοΜοΔΕΙΑ (beneath table) Ν(Ε)ΙΚΑΙΕωΝ (around)
Edition Κομόδεια Νεικαιέων
Translation Commodeia of the Nicaeans
Reverse design agonistic table with two agonistic crowns each containing palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.29 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 306
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15592, reverse legend ΝƐΙΚΑΙƐωΝ
2 2     P: 948 Rec 306, pl. LXXV.9 (rev.), originally as 'Rec 305', rev. legend ΝΙΚΑΙƐωΝ
3 3     Niggeler 593, pl. 3