RPC IV.2, 11455 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11455 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nicaea Cilbianorum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus: Group 3 (Seen from rear)
Dating c. 177–179
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚοΜοΔοϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ ΠΕΡΙ ΝΕΙΚΕΑΝ
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius standing, facing, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15 (21/10/2004), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 768 = Baldwin's, Dmitry Markov and M & M Numismatics - The New York Sale 11 (11/01/2006), 203 = GRPCL Nikaia-Kilbiani 52, both sides with traces of tooling