RPC IV.1, 4552 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4552 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Draganov 45, Varbanov 446$, Jekov 10$, Tachev Commodus 66-80
Specimens 11 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Plovdiv, National Museum, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Private coll. Krengel, Berlin
3 3     Private coll., Baton Rouge
4 4     Jean Elsen 87 (11/03/2006), 1715, reverse as 'thymiaterium'
5 5     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 30 (28/05/2009), 792, both sides with signs of tooling, under 'Dionysopolis in Phrygia'
6 6     H.D. Rauch Electronic Auction 12 (23/03/2013), 899
7 7     Roma Numismatics Electronic Sale 20 (29/08/2015), 440, both sides with signs of tooling, under 'Dionysopolis in Phrygia'
8 8     ✸ Leu WA 14, 12 Dec. 2020, lot 913
9 9     Roma Numismatics EA 80, 4 Feb. 2021, lot 773
10 10     Bertolami EA 105, 21 Oct. 2021, lot 2188
11 11     Solidus Numismatik 116, 21 Mar. 2023, lot 114