RPC IV.3, 6885 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6885 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year 13
Dating AD 191/2
Obverse inscription Μ Α ΚοΜ ΑΝΤωΝΙ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ ΕΤ ΓΙ (date on altar)
Reverse design altar surmounted by sacred image of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Reference S 379, BMC 214
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 214
2 2     ✸ NY: 1965.168.36
3 3     Henseler 649 = Ganschow 314g = Gärtner 32, 2015, lot 34259(a) = Blançon Liste 65, 2008, lot 547