RPC IV.4, 3385

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3385
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 180/1
Obverse inscription ] [ΑΥ]ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition [---] Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation [---] Aurelius Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (youthful), right
Reverse inscription L ΑΚ
Edition (ἔτους) ακʹ
Translation of year 21
Reverse design bust of Harpocrates, right, crowned with skhent, raising finger to lips; behind, club surmounted by hawk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.39 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 3367/1–2.
Note It is unclear whether the praenomen is Lucius or Marcus, but, since the name Antoninus is missing, it may still be Lucius. The reverse die has been carried over from year 20 with an Α added.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61902