RPC IV.4, 3484

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3484
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚƐ = 25
Dating AD 184/5
Obverse inscription Μ Α(Υ) ΚΟ(Μ) ΑΝΤω ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ(Η)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντω(νῖνος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβή(ς)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΕ
Edition (ἔτους) κεʹ
Translation of year 25
Reverse design Tyche standing, facing, head, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.51 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3947, DS 9655, 9658, 12321 (on pl. 212)
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 6–7: same rev. die. 3, 5: same rev. die.
Note Date recut on die from L ΚΔ to L ΚƐ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61907
2 2     O: HCR34431
3 3     Leeds-UL: 160
4 4     12321 (on pl. 212)
5 5     ✸ D 3947 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 260 = Private collection OTH
6 6     Dattari
7 7     DS 9658 = VMR 3947 (Figari - Mosconi 945) = Naville Numismatics 20, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 377