RPC IV.1, 10565 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10565 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ(ΑΙ) Λ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus riding on panther, right, holding long thyrsus, resting arm on panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Jurukova 135 and 140
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 623 in Jurukova as '621' Jurukova 135, pl. 14
2 2     L: 1921-5-20-22 Weber = Jurukova 140, pl. 14 reverse only
3 3     Sofia: 6793
4 4     Mu
5 5     Private coll. CGT = London Ancient Coins Auction R (25/04/2015), 113, rev. as 'Cybele'