RPC IV.2, 11540 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11540 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Antioch ad Maeandrum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟ[Ν ΚΑΙϹΑΡ] (?)
Edition Λ(ούκιον) Αὐρ(ήλιον) Κόμοδον Καῖσαρ(α)
Translation for Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
Edition Μαιάνδρος Ἀντιοχέων
Translation Maeander of Antiocheans
Reverse design river-god Maiandros reclining, left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.60 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gorny 81 (03/03/1997), 489
1 1     CNG Electronic Auction 137 (12/04/2006), 51, on obverse hair and bust with traces of tooling
2 2     Alex G. Malloy 23 (30/10/1987), 170
3 3     O