RPC IV.4, 3368

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3368
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year Κ = 20
Dating AD 179/80
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΥΠΑΤ Β
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Σεβ(αστὸς) Ὕπατ(ος) βʹ
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Consul for the second time
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Κ
Edition (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation Year 20
Reverse design Helios(?) advancing, left, radiate-headed, raising hand, holding whip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.93 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3839
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 5: same pair of dies. 1–3, 5: same obv. die as 3353/1, 3, 5, 3354/2, 3356/1, 3366/1, 3367/1–2, 3386/1. 1–5: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61895
2 2     A: D 2247C / 1896/7, IA 580/1001
3 3     Milan SNG 1377
4 4     Dattari = D 3839, pl. XIII (rev.)
5 5     ✸ Ibrahim Sherif coll.