RPC IV.1, 8106 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8106 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Aegium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥ[Τ?] [ΚΑΙ] ΛΟΥ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΙΓΙΕωΝ
Reverse design to left, Asclepius seated, right, holding long sceptre and patera; to right, Hygieia standing, facing, head, left, extending arm; between, altar entwined by serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 8
Reference Kroll 35
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 220 NCP, pl. R.XI = Kroll 35, pl. 17