RPC IV.1, 5610 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5610 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
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 laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΝΕΩΚ(Ο) ΝΙΚΟΜΗ(Δ)
Edition μητροπ(όλεως) νεωκό(ρου) Νικομηδ(είας)
Translation of metropolis and neocorate Nicomedia
Reverse design eagle standing, facing, head, right, spreading wings, fighting serpent coiled around it
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.50 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 99 corr.
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1313 Rec 99, pl. XCI.19 (rev.), obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius'
2 2     L: 1975-4-11-80, under 'Marcus Aurelius'
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     Mu: 11a, under 'Marcus Aurelius' = Rec 101, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius'
5 5     NY: 1953.171.708, under 'Marcus Aurelius'
6 6     ✸ Parma: cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
7 7     C: Leake 7936, Suppl., p. 74.6