RPC IV.2, 2725 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2725 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Heraclea Salbace
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Alliance with Laodicea ad Lycum
Issue Commodus
Dating c. 184–187
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Ἡρακλεωτῶν καὶ Λαοδικέων ὁμόνοια Ἡρακλεωτῶν καὶ Λαοδικέων ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Heracleans and the Laodiceans
Reverse design to left, Zeus (Laodiceus) standing, right, holding long sceptre and eagle; to right, Asclepius seated, left, feeding coiling serpent from patera, holding staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 28.52 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1143–4 corr., Kampmann 112, no. 67 corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 722 Wa 2424 = Robert, Carie, p. 218, n. 1, pl. XXXVI.11 = Franke & Nollé 1143, pl. 53, under 'Laodicea ad Lycum'
2 2     P: 1576, under 'Ladodicea ad Lycum' Kampmann 112, no. 67, pl. 5 (V31, R61), restoring rev. legend incorrectly as 'ΛΑΟΔΙΚƐΩΝ [ΠƐΡΓΑΜ]ΗΝΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ' and interpreting the coin as an 'alliance' coin of Laodicea ad Lycum with Pergamum
3 3     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 11 (29/12/2013), 425