RPC IV.1, 10540 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10540 (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 emperor (Commodus) on horseback, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.59 g
Axis 1
Reference Jurukova 126
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 4403 (ex coll. Hopel) = Jurukova 126, pl. 13, cast at the Griechishes Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Private coll. Kaskovo
3 3     ✸ P: 620 (500)