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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1278 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.2 |
Number | 1278 (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 Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) 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 front |
Reverse inscription | ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ Π [ϹΕ]Ξ 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 | 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 |
Average weight | 28.27 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | Hochard 648, A. Dieudonné, RN 1900, 31, no. 1 |
Specimens | 4 (1 in the core collections) |