RPC IV.2, 1007 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1007 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Teos
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Kriton, son of Asklepides (strategos)
Dating soon after October 180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡ ΚΡΙΤΩΝΟϹ ΑϹΚΛΗ ΤΗΙΩΝ
Edition στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κρίτωνος Ἀσκλη(πιάδου) Τηΐων
Translation of the strategos Kriton, son of Asklepides, of the Teians
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus over panther and long filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.24 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 79
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 79 Kraft, p. 189
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     ✸ V: GR 32020 Kraft, p. 189, pl. 90.6
4 4     NY: 1944.100.47162 Kraft, p. 189