RPC IV.1, 10844 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10844 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Castus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 184
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ [ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ]
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription [Η]ΓΕ ΙΟΥΛ ΚΑϹΤΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ
Edition ἡγε(μόνος) Ἰουλ(ίου) Κάστου Ἀδριανοπολειτ(ῶν)
Translation of the governor Iulius Castus, of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.20 g
Axis 7
Reference Jurukova —
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V
2 2     Found at Drobeta - Turnu Severin, Romania: at Auxiliary fort, 150 m north from the Trajan's bridge pillar; Inventory number: 469 = C. Gazdac, Marian Neagoe, Drobeta (Cluj-Napoca, 2015) [= Roman Coin Finds and Collections of Roman Coins from Romania 9]