RPC IV.4, 3401

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3401
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 182/3
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ AΥG
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἀντωνῖνος Κόμμοδος Augustus Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντωνῖνος Κόμμοδος Aug(ustus)
Translation Marcus Antoninus Commodus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
Edition ἔτους κγʹ (ἔτους) κγʹ
Translation of year 23
Reverse design emperor (Commodus) in military dress galloping over lion, right, brandishing spear
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.67 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9558
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Note Obverse and reverse modelled on a medallion of AD 181-2: Gnecchi III, no. 189 (pl. 151, 14).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2719
2 2     ✸ A: D 2260 / 3405 Demetrio 2260, pl. XXVII