RPC IV.2, 1239 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1239 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Dioshieron
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Issue Commodus as Caesar: without personal name but probably part of the issue of Titus Aelius Lucius
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜοΔοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ (Δ with long serifs)
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΔΙοϹΙΕΡΕΙΤΩΝ (Δ with long serifs and Ω as closed ∩)
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, feeding erect serpent, resting arm on hip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 409, BMC 14
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 14
2 2     P: 287 Hochard 409a, pl. 21
3 3     G. Hirsch 218 (28/11/2001), 813, pl. 31
4 4     Private coll. CGT
5 5     Private coll. CGT, ex Gerhard Rohde
6 6     Roma Numismatics 4 (30/09/2012), 2220 = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 23 (05/10/2014), 598 = GRPCL Dioshieron 44
7 7     Private coll. CGT
8 8     Private collection H. I.