RPC IV.1, 10538 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10538 (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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass with traces of paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΙΟΥΛ ΚΑϹΤΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ
Edition ἡγεμονεύοντος Ἰουλίου Κάστου Ἀδριανοπολειτῶν ἡγε(μονεύοντος) Ἰουλ(ίου) Κάστου Ἀδριανοπολειτ(ῶν)
Translation during the governorship of Iulius Castus, of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design turreted Cybele seated, left, on running lion, holding tympanum and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.77 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference Jurukova 124; Varbanov 3327$
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu Jurukova 124, pl. 12
2 2     ✸ P: 619 (499)
3 3     cgb.fr Mail Bid Sale 43 (29/04/2010), 447
4 4     CGT coll. ex Naville 16, 12 July 2015, lot 166