RPC IV.4, 3430

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3430
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΔ = 24
Dating AD 183/4
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L] ΚΔ
Reverse design emperor (Commodus), wearing toga, standing, facing, head, left, holding sceptre, holding out his other hand to Alexandria, head bowed, standing, right, holding ears of corn
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 9562
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 3439/10.
Note The reverse type had previously been used in Hadrian year 15 in association with the imperial visit to Egypt.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 9562 = Naville Numismatics 81, 7 May 2023, lot 425