RPC IV.2, 1295 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1295 (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 ΑΥ ΚΑ[Ι] Μ Α[Υ]ΡΗ 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 ϹΤΡΑ Λ οΥΕΤ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΥ ΥΡΚΑΝΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝ
Edition στρατηγοῦ Λουκίου Οὐεττίου Ἀντωνείνου Ὑρκανῶν Μακεδόνων στρα(τηγοῦ) Λ(ουκίου) Οὐετ(τίου) Ἀντωνείνου Ὑρκανῶν Μακεδόν(ων)
Translation of the strategos Lucius Vettius Antoninus, of the Macedonian Hyrcanians
Reverse design river-god (youthful) reclining, left, head, right, resting right hand on knee, supporting head with left hand, resting against Macedonian shield; below, small water-urn; to left, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 18.85 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 997, LS 85, no. 5, FM 299, no. 313
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu SNG 177 = LS 85, no. 5, pl. IV.15 (rev.) = FM 299, no. 313, pl. X.17 (rev.) = Hochard 997a, pl. 51
2 2     Gorny & Mosch 225 (14/10/2014), 1842 = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 41 (06/03/2016), 514 = GRPCL Hyrcanis 52