RPC IV.4, 3345

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3345
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 Selene(?), crowned with crescent(?), in galloping quadriga, left, raising hand, holding torch(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 15.92 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9542, Geissen 2201
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 3343/1. 1–2: same rev. die as 3341/1.
Note The raised hand and galloping quadriga is normally associated with Helios but may perhaps have been used for Selene by extension. The identification as Selene, suggested by Keith Emmett, rests on the apparent crescent on the head of the driver, which is clearest on the rubbing in DS and more or less visible on Geissen 2201. For Selena in a biga of horses: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25598.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Geissen 2201
2 2     ✸ DS 8542