RPC IV.2, 3027 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3027 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Uncertain
Dating c. 182–184
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ[
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (medium length beard) (or Marcus Aurelius or Septimius Severus?) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription (rev. legend obscure)
Reverse design nude Apollo (Delphinios) seated on rock, left, head, right, placing right hand on top of his head, holding bow in left hand, resting with left arm on omphalos around which serpent coils
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 7
Reference Roch XXIII.2 (obverse as Marcus Aurelius)
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Tübingen SNG 3104
2 2     Tübingen SNG 3105
3 3     B: 1921/550, worn, perhaps from the same obv. die as specimens 1-2