RPC IV.2, 11340 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11340 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Pius (strategos)
Alliance with Ephesus
Issue Issue 2
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤο ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Π ΑΙ ΠΙΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑϹ(sic) ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗ ΕΦΕϹΙ(ΩΝ)
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Π(ουπλίου) Αἰ(λίου) Πίου κοινὸν ὁμονοίας Περγαμη(νῶν) Ἐφεσίων
Translation under the strategos Publius Aelius Pius, koinon of the concord of the Pergamenes and Ephesians
Reverse design to left, Asclepius standing, facing, holding serpent-staff; at his feet, omphalos; to right, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.19 g
Axis 6
Reference Weisser 1240d, Franke & Nollé 1531–2, Kampmann 102, no. 9
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
10 10     C: Lewis 1347, die re-cut, traces of letters on r. Franke & Nollé 1531, pl. 71 (rev.) = Kampmann 102, no. 9.1, pl. 1 (R9)
11 11     ✸ Helios Numismatik 5 (25/06/2010), 673 = Franke & Nollé 1532, pl. 71 (rev.)