RPC IV.3, 6267 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6267 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Sebaste
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M AV [COM AN?]
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝω[Ν] ϹΥΡ L ϹΙϚ
Reverse design Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, struggling with Persephone; above, small Eros flying, right, holding torch; to left, overturned kalathos containing flowers(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 1914/714 Prowe III, 2603, obverse as 'Pius', reverse with traces of tooling