RPC IV.1, 10484 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10484 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Castus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 184
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος Ἀν(τωνῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΙΟΥ ΚΑϹΤΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἡγε(μόνος) Ἰου(λίου) Κάστου Ἀδριανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the governor Iulius Castus, of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera over eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.48 g
Reference Jurukova —, D. Draganov, Festschrift Schönert-Geiss, p. 223, no. 4
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. Serope Ovanesjan, Silven = D. Draganov, 'New Coin Types of Hadrianopolis' in Festschrift Schönert-Geiss, p. 223, no. 4, illustrated on p. 226
2 2     ✸ Lanz 114 (26/05/2003), 435