RPC IV.4, 3343

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3343
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating AD 178/9
Obverse inscription Λ] ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕΒ Β ΥΠΑΤ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Σεβ(αστοῦ) βʹ ὕπατ(ος)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus, son of the Augustus, consul for the second time
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Edition (ἔτους) ιθʹ
Translation of year 19
Reverse design emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Commodus) laureate-headed(?), wearing togas, Marcus on left holding Nike and eagle-tipped sceptre, Commodus on right holding sceptre and parazonium(?), standing, facing, heads facing each other, in quadriga to front
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.32 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 3345/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1967/1740 (Maspero)