RPC IV.4, 3378

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3378
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 180/1
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Reverse design emperor (Commodus), laureate-headed, in military dress, standing, facing, head, right, resting hand on long sceptre (or spear?), holding parazonium; either side, at feet, captives, wearing high caps, supplicating
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3841, pl. VII (rev.), DS 9548
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note The depiction of Commodus on imperial coins of AD 180 shows Commodus with a spear and parazonium (RIC III, 298) but no spear tip is visible here.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2697
2 2     ✸ B: 627/1895 (Geschenk A. Weyl)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61779
4 4     A: D 2254C / 1896/7, IA 586/1008
5 5     A: D 2248A / 3392
6 6     CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 324
7 7     D 3841 = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 242
8 8     DS 9548 = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 363
9 9     Heritage Monthly 271933, 18 Aug. 2019, lot 35063