RPC IV.2, 1240 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1240 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Dioshieron
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aristeas (first strategos)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΑ ΑΥ ΚοΜοΔοc
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡ[ΙϹΤΕΑ] [ϹΤΡ?] ΔΙοϹΙΕΡΕΙΤΩ([Ν?])
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀριστέα στρ(ατηγοῦ) Διοσιερειτῶν
Translation under Aristeas, strategos of the Dioshierites
Reverse design Hera standing, left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.55 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Hochard 413-14 corr., LS 65, no. 9 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B LS 65, no. 9 (restoring personal name tentatively as 'ΑΡΗ[ΤΟV?]') = GRPCL Dioshieron 45 (misreading personal name as 'ΑΡΗΤΟΥ' for 'Aretos') = Hochard 413a, pl. 21 (misreading personal name as 'ΑΡΗΤΟV' for 'Aretos')
2 2     Tire: Inv. 88-149 SNG Turkey 5.I, no. 346 = Hochard 414a, pl. 21, both publications describing reverse figure as 'Athena with shield'