RPC IV.2, 652 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 652 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Hermolaos (archon, for the second (?) time)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus or sole ruler: Issue 2
Dating c. 179–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤο Κ Λ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΚοΜοΔοϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΕΡΜοΛ Α ΤΟ(sic) ΓΕΡΜΗ
Reverse design nude Apollo standing, right, crossing legs, placing hand on top of head, resting arm on decorated pillar surmounted by lyre; to left, laurel-tree entwined by serpent (Python) with arrow in head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Ehling 125 corr. and 128–32, W. Wroth, NC 1902, 337, no. 33
Specimens 14 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1901-7-4-6 W. Wroth, NC 1902, 337, no. 33, pl. XVII.1
2 2     Bern: Righetti 714 Ehling 125, under 'magistrate' Kapiton
3 3     P: 336 SNG 979, reverse legend tooled: 'ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΙΟΛ' (Münsterberg, p. 136, following Mionnet II, no. 555), see city introduction
4 4     Mu: 15
5 5     V: GR 33845 J. Hirsch 21 (16/11/1908), coll. Consul Weber, 2436, not illustrated
6 6     Private coll. C. Rhodes = CNG Mail Bid Sale 60 (22/05/2002), 1235
7 7     B: 18262488, I-B
8 8     B: 18262484, B-I
9 9     Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64 (20/11/2014), 1963
10 10     P-AIBL: P-5.389 Fonds Robert 178, bought at Istanbul [Stamboul] / Thrace in 1946
11 11     Winterthur: Inv. 6594
12 12     Private coll. CGT = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 34 (02/08/2015), 583
13 13     Stockholm SNG II.3, no. 1998
14 14     B: 18262486, Löbb