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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design Dionysus riding on panther, right, holding long thyrsus, resting arm on panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.06 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Jurukova 135 and 140
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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'
6 6     CGT coll. ex Naville 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 167
7 7     Naumann 51, 5 March 2017, lot 267
8 8     Naumann 73, 6 Jan. 2019, lot 273
9 9     Leu EA 20, 16 July 2022, lot 1871
10 10     Naumann 122, 6 Nov. 2022, lot 449