RPC IV.4, 3400

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3400
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 181/2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμμ(οδος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΒ
Edition ἔτους κβʹ (ἔτους) κβʹ
Translation of year 22
Reverse design to left, emperor (Commodus) standing, facing, head, left, in military dress, holding thunderbolt and long sceptre; to right, Nike advancing, left, crowning emperor, holding palm-branch
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.15 g
Reference D 3857, pl. VIII (rev.)
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note The additional specimen clearly reads L ΚΒ.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     D 3857, pl. VIII (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 243
2 2     ✸ Wishnevsky coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 2024, lot 586