RPC IV.1, 11169 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 11169 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Castus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 184
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ [?
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass with traces of paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΙΟΥΛ ΚΑϹΤΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ
Reverse design nude Ganymede standing, right, holding crook; to right, Zeus in the form of an eagle on base(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Reference Jurukova —; Varbanov 3324$
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. = Varbanov 3324, illustrated
2 2     Mabbott 450, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius', reverse as 'Heracles'