RPC IV.1, 10956 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10956 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Thessaly
City Magnesia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμ(οδος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design radiate-headed and draped bust of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΦΡΟ ΝΗΛΕΙΑ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ (retrograde)
Edition Ἀφρο(δίτη) Νηλεία Μαγνήτων
Translation Aphrodite Neleia, of the Magnesians
Reverse design Aphrodite standing, right, holding long sceptre and pomegranate; to left, Eros standing, right, touching Aphrodite's sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.56 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rogers 367$, MG 292, no. 91 corr.$
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Löbb) A. Löbbecke, ZfN 12 (1995), 318, no. 1, pl. XIII.6 (rev.), under 'Magnesia ad Maeandrum'
2 2     ✸ B: I-B MG 292, no. 91, under 'Magnesia ad Maeandrum'