RPC IV.2, 1078 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1078 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Gnaeus Vergilius Theogenes (archon)
Dating c. 182–184
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (medium length beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧΟ ΓΝ ΟΥΕΡ ΘΕΟΓΕ ΠΟΠΛΑ ΚΑΤΑΠΛΟΥϹ ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ
Reverse design galley with sail, rowers and helmsman, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 12
Reference Roch XXVII.1, H.R. Baldus, Chiron 15 (1985), pp. 187–197
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G: II, 356, no. 18, pl. 51.16 (rev.) SNG I, no. 1873, with traces of silver plating
2 2     Rome: 80308 Prowe III, 994, pl. XVI = H.R. Baldus, Chiron 15 (1985), no. 1, pl. I.1 = Calomino MNR 284, reverse legend tooled
3 3     P: 1896 H.R. Baldus, Chiron 15 (1985), no. 2, pl. I.2
4 4     Balat: M82139; ÜL '89/276 Baldus, Didyma 586, pl. 2 = H.R. Baldus, MDAI(I) 34 (1984), 296, no. 115, pl. 58 = H.R. Baldus, Chiron 15 (1985), no. 3, pl. I.3)
5 5     L: 1975-4-11-201 ex private coll. H. Heller
6 6     Tübingen SNG 3103
7 7     P: 7835