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 ΑΥΡ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design radiate-headed and draped bust of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΦΡΟ ΝΗΛΕΙΑ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ (retrograde)
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
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'