RPC IV.2, 11335 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11335 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate P. Ai. Pios (strategos)
Alliance with Ephesus
Issue Issue 2
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ⳞΤΡ Π ΑΙ ΠΙΟV ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΠƐΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΦΕⳞΙ
Reverse design to l., Asclepius standing, r., holding serpent-staff; at his feet, omphalos; to r., cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; between, small Nike flying, facing, crowning the two deities
Metal Æ
Average diameter 41 mm
Axis 6
Reference Weisser 1280a, Franke & Nollé 1552, Kampmann 104, no. 23
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
3 3     ✸ Boston: 62.437 C.C. Vermeule, Roman Imperial Art in Greece and Asia Minor (Cambridge [MA], 1968), p. 149, fig. 78 = Franke & Nollé 1552, pl. 73 (rev.) = Kampmann 104, no. 23.1, pl. 2 (R23)