RPC IV.3, 5035 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5035 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΚΟΡΟΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ
Obverse design bare-headed and draped busts of Annius Verus and Commodus (both youthful), facing each other; between them below, caduceus and club; (above, star)
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(ΟΛΕΩϹ), ΚΟΙΝΟϹ ΚΙΛΙΚΙΑϹ (on architrave)
Reverse design temple with ten columns; in pediment, eagle standing, left, head, right, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference BMC 165–6
Specimens 20 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 165, pl. XXXIV.11
2 2     L: BMC 166, obverse with star
3 3     L: 1979-1-1-2634 vA 5993
4 4     P: 1318 SNG 1457
5 5     P: 1236 SNG 1455
6 6     P: 1317 SNG 1456
7 7     B: I-B, obverse with star
8 8     B: Löbb, obverse without star
9 9     C: Leake 2589, Asiatic Greece, p. 129.2, obverse with star
10 10     NY: 1944.100.54545, obverse legend obscure
11 11     NY: 1944.100.54546, obverse with star
12 12     V: GR 19227, obverse with star
13 13     V: GR 27503, obverse with star, obverse legend tooled: ΚΟΤΟΙ(sic) СƐΒΑСΤΟΥ
14 14     Levante 1018
15 15     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 683, pl. 33, private coll. Karbach
16 16     CNG 55 (13/09/2000), 968, obverse with star
17 17     CNG 58 (19/09/2001), 947, obverse with star
18 18     Freiburg: 12103 obverse with star
19 19     Freiburg: 12104
20 20     Boston: 62.304