RPC IV.2, 1063 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1063 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Issue 4: with long beard and Λ(ούκιος)
Dating c. 191–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Λ ΑΥΡ ΑΝ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀν(τωνῖνος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Lucius Aurelius Antoninus Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition Σαμίων
Translation of the Samians
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.40 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Cop 1736
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 1736 Kraft, p. 191
2 2     ✸ L: 1961-3-1-306
3 3     B: 1898/1156, authenticity doubtful: cast?
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     Yale: ex PRF
6 6     Mabbott 1654, illustrated
7 7     Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64 (20/11/2014), 2010