RPC IV.2, 1163 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1163 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Acrasus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Bassus (strategos)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus
Dating c. 177–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔοϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κομόδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ(Α) ΒΑϹϹΟΥ ΑΚΡΑϹΙΩΤΩΝ (ΚΑΕΙΚΟϹ)
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Βάσσου Ἀκρασιωτῶν Καείκος
Translation under strategos Bassus, of the Acrasiotes, Kaikos
Reverse design river-god Kaikos reclining, left, holding long reed, resting on water-urn; to left at his feet, reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.45 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference FM 293, no. 207
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 10 FM 293, no. 297 = GRPCL Acrasus 29
3 3     Falghera 1178 = Schulten 19 (21/10/1986), 540
4 4     Private coll. Kagan = Weber 6776 = Kraft, p. 186 = GRPCL Acrasus 30
5 5     B: Rauch
6 6     Mu SNG 20
7 7     G. Hirsch 181 (22/02/1994), 676 = Helios Numismatik 3 (29/04/2009), 437 = GRPCL Acrasus 31
8 8     Private coll. CGT, ex Savoca Numismatik
9 9     Gorny 36 (08/04/1987), 507
10 10     Tire: Inv. 91-3 SNG Turkey 5.I, no. 319
11 11     Manisa: 18296 Önder 6