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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1293 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | IV.2 |
| Number | 1293 (temporary) |
| Province | Asia |
| Subprovince | Conventus of Smyrna |
| Region | Lydia |
| City | Hyrcanis |
| Reign | Commodus |
| Person (obv.) | Commodus (Augustus) |
| Magistrate | Lucius Vettius Antoninus (strategos) |
| Dating | c. 180–182 |
| Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤο ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ |
| Edition | Αὐτο(κράτωρ) 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 front |
| Reverse inscription | ϹΤΡΑ Λ ΟΥΕΤ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΥ ΥΡΚΑΝΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔ(Ν(sic)) |
| Edition | στρα(τηγοῦ) Λ(ουκίου) Οὐετ(τίου) Ἀντωνείνου Ὑρκανῶν Μακεδν(ῶν) |
| Translation | of the strategos Lucius Vettius Antoninus, of the Macedonian Hyrcanians |
| Reverse design | in centre, Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, struggling with Persephone; to right, Athena standing, left, holding spear downwards; to right, Eros flying, right, holding torch; below horses, serpent and overturned flower-basket |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 38 mm |
| Average weight | 23.75 g |
| Axis | 5, 6 |
| Reference | Hochard 999–1000, BMC 17–18 |
| Specimens | 11 (7 in the core collections) |
Specimens of this coin type
| Number | Obverse | Reverse | Museum | Bibliography |
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L: BMC 17, pl. XIII.4 (rev.) | Kraft, p. 188 |
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L: BMC 18 | |
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P: 561, reworked, reverse without flower-basket and reverse legend with ΜΑΚΕΔΝ(sic) | GRPCL Hyrcanis 49 = Hochard 999b, pl. 51 |
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P: 562 | Kraft, pp. 187–8, pl. 88.15a = GRPCL Hyrcanis 50 = Hochard 1000b, pl. 51 |
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P: no number, under 'Unidentified', worn | |
| 6 |
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G: II, 454, no. 1 | SNG I, no. 1440, poor condition, reverse legend with ΜΑΚΕΔΝ(sic) |
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V: GR 19434 (Medaillon) | |
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Bern: Righetti 1036 | |
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Winterthur | Bloesch 2, no. 3753 = Kraft, p. 188, ex coll. F. Imhoof-Blumer, reverse legend with ΜΑΚΕΔΝ(sic) |
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Gorny & Mosch 244 (06/03/2017), 412, reverse legend with ΜΑΚΕΔΝ(sic), both sides with traces of tooling | |
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Berk Buy or Bid Sale 217 (30/11/2021), 397 |
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