RPC IV.1, 10121 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10121 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [IMP?] M AYR COMMOD[
Edition Imp(erator) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Commod[---]
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commod[---]
Obverse design laureate head(?) of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription [C L I] COR
Edition c(olonia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation the colony Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design cult statue of Venus/Aphrodite of Acrocorinthus standing, left, holding Mars/Ares' shield before her as mirror; to left, Amor/Eros standing, right, holding torch(?) in extended right hand; to right, dolphin, head, downwards; in right upper field, bucranium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.14 g
Axis 9
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Cassel 1925, obverse legend might be tooled