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Coin type (temporary №) 8597

Record reference: http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/8597/
Pictured: Medium-sized image of specimen #2
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Coin type
Temporary Number 8597
City; Province; Region Laodicea ad Mare; Syria; Syria: Seleucis and Pieria
Date 177–192
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜ[ (?)
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing, l., holding cantharus over panther and long thyrsus
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΚΑΣ (Ωs may be shaped as Ωs)
Metal Bronze
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.20 g
Average die-axis 12
Type reference
Correction
Specimens of this coin type
# Reference Diameter Weight Axis Image
1 P 1197 (obv. legend obscure) 27 mm 7.77 g 12 None
2 P 1198 (obv. legend obscure) 25 mm 10.08 g 12 Pictured
3 P (coll. Chandon de Briailles 1724, obv. legend obscure) 25 mm 8.14 g 12 None
4 Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 683, pl. 28 30 mm 8.11 g None
5 O 26 mm 7.95 g 12 None
6 O 24 mm 7.18 g 12 None

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