RPC IV.4, 3493

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3493
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚϚ = 26
Dating AD 185/6
Obverse inscription Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤω ϹΕΒ ΕΥ[ϹΕΒ(ΗϹ)
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντω(νῖνος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβής
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚϚ
Edition ἔτους κϛʹ (ἔτους) κϛʹ
Translation of year 26
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding thunderbolt and long sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.55 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note An early example of a later style of portrait with a spiky beard, cf., for example, year 27: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/coin/119770; https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/coin/330070; year 28: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/coin/109676; https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/coin/121596; and later.
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