RPC IV.2, 1100 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1100 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Erythrae
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Aelius Lysimachos (strategos)
Dating c. 177–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥ ΚοΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ ΑΙ ΛΥϹΙΜΑΧοΥ ΕΡΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Λ(ουκίου) Αἰ(λίου) Λυσιμάχου Ἐρυ(θραίων)
Translation under Lucius Aelius Lysimachos, of the Erythraeans
Reverse design fire-beacon
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.51 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 261–2
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 261
2 2     L: BMC 262
3 3     P: 1324
4 4     ✸ P: 1325
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     Ex private coll. A. von Rauch = A. von Rauch, Berliner Blätter für Münzkunde 5 (1870), 17, no. 16, pl. LVI.16 (drawing)
7 7     CNG Electronic Auction 206 (11/03/2009), 244