RPC IV.4, 3556

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3556
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year Λ = 30
Dating AD 189/90
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 laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L Λ
Edition (ἔτους) λʹ
Translation of year 30
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with skhent, enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.14 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3954, DS 9666
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: D 2291A / 1896/7, IA 603/1030
2 2     D 3954 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 262
3 3     ✸ DS 9666 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 190 (Staffieri) = Ars et Nummus 7–8 (1970), 26 (Figari - Mosconi 948)