RPC IV.4, 3528

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3528
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
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντω(νῖνος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΗ
Edition ἔτους κηʹ (ἔτους) κηʹ
Translation of year 28
Reverse design Male figure (Hermes?), crowned with lotus petal(?), running, right, holding caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.88 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3921, pl. XVI (rev.), Geissen 2235
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same obv. die as 3527/1.
Note For the iconography compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25724 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25699.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2738
2 2     B: 1121/1896 (Geschenk Dr E Bahrfeldt) ZfN 21 (1898), 235 (pl. VII, 1 (rev.))
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2235
4 4     ✸ Dattari = D 3921, pl. XVI (rev.)