RPC IV.2, 125 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 125 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Ilium
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1: ΚΟΜΟΔΟС
Dating c. 180
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΛΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ἰλιέων Ἰλιέων
Translation of the Ilians
Reverse design to left, cult statue of Athena of Ilium standing on short column, right, wearing kalathos, holding transverse spear and spindle; to right, cow suspended from tree, left; in tree, man grasping her horn, slaughtering her with knife
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.34 g
Axis 6
Reference Bellinger T 189, BMC 60
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920-9-7-43 Bellinger T 189, pl. 9
2 2     L: BMC 60