RPC IV.1, 10538 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass with traces of paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΙΟΥΛ ΚΑϹΤΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ
Reverse design turreted Cybele seated, left, on running lion, holding tympanum and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 7, 8
Reference Jurukova 124; Varbanov 3327$
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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