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Coin of Nicaea with bust of Commodus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 175
Mint: Bithynia, Nicaea
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 3.38 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession Number1986.72
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Cuirassed bust of Commodus as Caesar to right, with aegis (?) or chain-mail.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Filleted, draped (herm) bust of Homer to right (pre-Hellenistic type).
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Filleted, draped (herm) bust of Homer to right (pre-Hellenistic type).
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceDecember 9, 1982, sale (auction 1), Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Barbizon Plaza Hotel, New York, lot 108. By 1985, Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Bethesda, MD [see note]; 1986, sold by Waddell, Ltd. to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 26, 1986)
NOTE: Waddell List 13 (February 1985), no. 57 and List 21 (December 1985), no. 110.
NOTE: Waddell List 13 (February 1985), no. 57 and List 21 (December 1985), no. 110.