RPC IV.1, 10539 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10539 (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 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 ἡγε(μόνος) Ἰουλ(ίου) Κάστου Ἀδριανοπολειτ(ῶν)
Translation of the governor Iulius Castus, of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated on rock, left, holding ears of corn, resting arm on rock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 16.60 g
Axis 6
Reference Jurukova 125
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu Jurukova 125, pl. 13
2 2     L: 1921-2-13-122