RPC IV.2, 1278 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1278 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Hierocaesarea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Sextus Philippus (archon for the second time)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus or sole ruler
Dating c. 179–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ Π [ϹΕ]Ξ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Τ [Β] ΙΕΡΟΚΑΙϹΑΕΩΝ (Ξ shaped as Ζ)
Reverse design in centre, biga standing, left; within, Artemis Persica standing, right; to right, turreted Tyche standing, left, holding long sceptre, clasping hands with Artemis; to left, nude Perseus leading horses, right, head, left, holding harpa(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 648, A. Dieudonné, RN 1900, 31, no. 1
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu SNG 145 = Hochard 648a, pl. 33
2 2     Aes Rude S. A., Switzerland 5 (1980), 219 (non vidi)
3 3     Numismatik Naumann 44 (07/06/2016), 616 = GRPCL Hierocaesarea 105
4 4     MünzZentrum 70 (05/12/1990), 335