RPC IV.2, 1059 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1059 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Issue 2: with long beard and Μ(άρκος)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΚΟΜΟΔΟ(Ϲ)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (long beard), right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition Σαμίων
Translation of the Samians
Reverse design cult statue of Samian Hera standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding patera in each hand, having fillets; between two peacocks
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.04 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 243-5, Cop 1737
Specimens 29 (17 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 243
2 2     L: BMC 244
3 3     L: BMC 245
6 6     L: 1961-3-1-307
7 7     O
8 8     Cop: 1737
9 9     Lindgren I, 596
10 10     Tübingen SNG 3292
11 11     Bern: Righetti 929
12 12     ✸ P: 3398
13 13     P: Duplicates, authenticity doubtful: cast?
14 14     P: Duplicates
15 15     B: (Löbb)
16 16     B: (Fox)
17 17     B: (Löbb)
18 18     Mu: 22
19 19     Mu: 22a, acc. 13002
20 20     NY: 1944.100.47552
21 21     V: GR 18063
22 22     Yale: ex PRF
23 23     Yale: ex PRF
24 24     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 225, pl. 14
25 25     C: Mossop
26 26     Ödemiş: Inv. 2007-174 SNG Turkey 7.I, no. 139
27 27     Alex G. Malloy 33 (19/06/1992), 168
29 29     Alex G. Malloy 31 (26/10/1990), 401, worn, attribution to this type not entirely certain
31 31     SNG Tatış I, no. 428
32 32     Freiburg: 210
33 33     Verona: 70486 SNG 1600