RPC IV.1, 10978 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10978 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Troezen
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ Κ[ο]ΜΜοΔοϹ ΑΝ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος Ἀν(τωνῖνος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum(?), right
Reverse inscription ΤΡοΙΖΗΝΙωΝ
Edition Τροιζηνίων
Translation of the Troezenians
Reverse design uncertain nude male figure standing, left, holding long sceptre(?) and resting left arm on short pillar (shaped as head or perhaps covered in a pelt); to right seated animal (Dionysus and panther?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.40 g
Axis 2, 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Fox)
2 2     B: (Löbb)
3 3     Ex private coll. Boocke (electrotype C Leake 5895, Addenda European Greece, p. 14.7)