RPC IV.4, 3301

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3301
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙϚ = 16
Dating AD 175/6
Obverse inscription ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΥΙΟϹ
Edition Κόμμοδος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστοῦ υἱός Κόμμοδος Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστοῦ) υἱός
Translation Commodus Caesar, son of Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed(?) bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕωΝ ΗΓΟ[ ] L ΙϚ
Reverse design emperor (Commodus as Caesar) in military dress standing, facing, head, left, holding uncertain object and long sceptre(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.06 g
Reference DS 9536 (also on pl. XXXX)
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The type looks to be modelled on imperial coins in gold, silver, and bronze of AD 175/6 showing Commodus Caesar with a branch and sceptre and the inscription PRINC(IPI) IVVENT(VTIS), but without the trophy on the imperial type. The inscription here may be an attempt to render Principi Iuventutis into Greek, see Geissen, ZPE 17 (1975), pp. 141-4; Vogt 1924, pp. 134-5; Kaiser-Raiss 1980, p. 15.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 9536 = Bertolami 338, 26 May 2025, lot 144