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Image of specimen #3 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1271 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.2 |
Number | 1271 (temporary) |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Pergamum |
Region | Lydia |
City | Hierocaesarea |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Commodus (Augustus) |
Magistrate | Sextus Philippus (first archon for the second time) |
Issue | Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus or sole ruler |
Dating | c. 179–180 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚοΜΜοΔοϹ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμμοδος |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus |
Obverse design | laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ [Π?] [Ϲ]ΕΞ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Τ Β ΙΕΡΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ (Ξ shaped as Ζ) |
Edition | ἐπὶ ἄρχ(οντος) π(ρώτου) Σέξ(του) Φιλίππου τ(ὸ) βʹ Ἱεροκαισαρέων |
Translation | under the first archon Sextus Philippus, for the second time, of the Hierocaesareans |
Reverse design | Perseus advancing, right, wearing military dress, holding harpa and Medusa-head |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 35 mm |
Average weight | 22.10 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | C. Fontana, RIN 69 (1967), 50, no. 13 |
Specimens | 4 (0 in the core collections) |