RPC IV.2, 1165 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1165 (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 rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑϹϹΟΥ ΑΚΡΑϹΙΩΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Βάσσου Ἀκρασιωτῶν
Translation under strategos Bassus of the Acrasians
Reverse design nude Apollo standing, left, holding laurel-branch and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.25 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 2882, reverse worn and with traces of tooling
2 2     Mu: under 'Uncertain'
3 3     Private coll. Andreas Reich
4 4     ✸ Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 29 (01/03/2015), 416, ex private coll. J. Aiello = GRPCL Acrasus 23
5 5     Private coll. CGT
6 6     Numismatik Naumann 48 (20/11/2016), 366
7 7     MünzZentrum 56 (09/11/1985), 256
8 8     Manisa: 11409 Önder 5