RPC IV.3, 6892 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6892 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡοΠ(ο) ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑ ΕΤ ΓΙ
Reverse design draped bust of Tyche wearing headdress in form of Mount Argaeus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference S 386, J.-A. Blanchet, RN 1895, 73, no. 23
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 503 J.-A. Blanchet, RN 1895, 73, no. 23, pl. III.12 (rev.)
2 2     B: 1910/54
3 3     P: 502, both legends worn, perhaps additional legend variations, reading of date not certain
4 4     Henseler 554B = Savoca Blue 149, 2022, lot 894