RPC IV.2, 11261 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11261 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Parium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (uncertain title)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus: Issue 1 (not »Kyzikos«)
Dating c. 179–180 (?)
Obverse inscription IMP CAI(sic) L AV COMMODVS (D retrograde)
Edition Imp(erator) Ca{i}<e>(sar) L(ucius) Au(relius) Commodus
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded?) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C G I H PAR
Edition c(olonia) G(emella) I(ulia) H(adriana) Par(iana)
Translation Colony Twin Julia Hadrian of Parium
Reverse design Ceres/Demeter advancing, right, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 3.98 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lindgren I, 276
2 2     ✸ NY: 1952.142.125
3 3     V-ON Leypold I, no. 383, wrongly illustrating reverse of 382 = G. Hirsch 177 (10/02/1993), 973 = G. Hirsch 184 (23/11/1994), 722 = G. Hirsch 187 (19/09/1995), 1383