RPC IV.4, 3527

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3527
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΗ = 28
Dating AD 187/8
Obverse inscription Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤω ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΗ (?)
Reverse design Male figure (Heracles or Hermes?) running, left, holding caduceus(?) and club(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11
Reference DS 9640
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 3528/1, 4.
Note The date is clearer from the rubbing in DS than from the digital image. The date is reasonably confirmed by the obverse die link to coins of year 28 with Hermes running r.. The reverse type is uncertain. It is included in DS among the Heracles types on pl. XXXIV but has some similarities to the Hermes running type. For the iconography compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25699 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25729.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 9640 = Naville Numismatics 51, 21 July 2019, lot 366