RPC IV.1, 10575 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10575 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Λ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful - short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design nude Hermes standing, left, holding purse over ram, caduceus and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 5.25 g
Axis 12
Reference Jurukova 155, Varbanov 3285$
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Istanbul: 402 Jurukova 155, pl. 15
2 2     P: 626 (506)
3 3     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 466
4 4     ✸ Savoca Numismatik 1, 9 Apr. 2015, lot 226 = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 309
5 5     Private collection H. I. = Savoca Numismatik Blue 22, 27 July 2019, lot 937
6 6     J.G. Kiss Coll. (ex NBS Web Auction 20, 11 Nov. 2023, lot 287)