RPC IV.1, 10853 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10853 (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 Α ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo standing, right, holding plectrum and lyre; mantel over right shoulder; to right, small griffin, seated, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Reference Jurukova —, D. Draganov, Festschrift Schönert-Geiss, p. 223, no. 5
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. Serope Ovanesjan, Silven = D. Draganov, 'New Coin Types of Hadrianopolis' in Festschrift Schönert-Geiss, p. 223, no. 5, illustrated on p. 226
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 134 (11/11/2004), 1832