RPC IV.2, 11594 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11594 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philomelium
Region Phrygia
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙ [ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ]
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖ(νος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar Antoninus Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design to left, Commodus standing, right, wearing military dress, holding spear; to right, Demeter seated, left, holding poppy, ears of corn and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.39 g
Axis 6
Reference F. Imhoof-Blumer, Num. Misc. 43, no. 47$
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 4107 = F. Imhoof-Blumer, Num. Misc. RSN 21 (1917), 43, no. 47, ex coll. F. Imhoof-Blumer