RPC IV.4, 3396

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3396
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 181/2
Obverse inscription ΚΡΕΙϹΠΕΙΝΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΑΥ[Τ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΥ ϹΕΒ
Edition Κρεισπεῖναν Σεβ(αστήν) Αὐτ(οκράτορος) Κομμόδου Σεβ(αστοῦ)
Translation Crispina Augusta, wife of Emperor Commodus Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΒ
Edition (ἔτους) κβʹ
Translation of year 22
Reverse design Alexandria, turreted, standing, left, raising hand, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.27 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 3358/1, 3369/1–2, 3398/2. 1: same rev. die as 3394/1.
Note The continued use of the older form, ΚΡƐΙϹΠƐΙΝΑΝ ϹƐΒ ΑVΤ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟV ϹƐΒ, is probably to be explained by the carrying over of an obverse die from years 19 and 20. As no AE 23 are known for Crispina in year 21, the reuse of an old die from years 19 and 20 in year 22 is understandable.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 53 (15. 3. 2000), 1225 = CNG 46 (24. 9. 1998), 934 = CNG 41 (19. 3. 1997), 1295 = NFA Fall Mail Bid Sale 1990, 2427