RPC IV, 5128


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5128 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	5128 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Commodus
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Dating	c. 188–190
Obverse inscription	Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition	Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design	laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΑΙΕωΝ
Edition	Νικαιέων
Translation	of the Nicaeans
Reverse design	turreted and draped bust of Nymph Nicaea wearing ivy wreath, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Average weight	13.08 g
Axis	6, 7, 8
Reference	Rec 282(1), BMC 45
Specimens	4 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: BMC 45, pl. XXXII.15 (rev.)		28	12.23	6		Show
2	2	P: 935	Rec 282(1), pl. LXXIV.20	29	12.50	7	Obv.: GIC 254 (Nike standing r., holding wreath and palm (on obverse))	Show
3	3	Mu: 25		28	14.41	8		Show
4	4	O		29	13.18	6	Obv.: GIC 254 (Nike standing r., holding wreath and palm (on obverse))	Show