RPC IV.4, 3461

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3461
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚƐ = 25
Dating AD 184/5
Obverse inscription Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤω ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντω(νῖνος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design radiate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΕ
Edition (ἔτους) κεʹ
Translation of year 25
Reverse design Heracles standing, facing, head, left, resting arm on club, holding bow, lion skin over arm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.86 g
Reference DS 9570–1
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Type modelled on imperial sestertii of AD 183 (TR P VIII, COS IIII): RIC III: 365, and sestertii and asses of TR P VIIII (December 183 to December 184): RIC III, 399B; 409; 427.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 9570 = Naville Numismatics 30, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 340
2 2     DS 9571