RPC IV.1, 4800 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4800 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕωΝ
Reverse design nude Apollo (Sauroctonos) standing, right, holding bow in extended right hand, resting left arm on small tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 2
Reference Rec 25
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1494 Wa 502, pl. I.6, rev. as 'Ephebe' = Rec 25, pl. XCIX.21 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ Modena Museum, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin