RPC IV.1, 10535 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10535 (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 ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ[ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ]
Edition ἡγε(μόνος) Ἰου(λίου) Κάστου Ἀδριανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the governor Iulius Castus, of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design statue of Zeus standing, right, brandishing thunderbolt and holding eagle supported by column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.74 g
Axis 12
Reference Jurukova 120
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu Jurukova 120. pl. 12
2 2     ✸ L: 1970-9-9-12