RPC IV.2, 1340 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1340 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Mostene
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Without personal name but probably part of the issue of Nu— Maternus, archon
Dating c. 182–184
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (medium length beard), right
Reverse inscription ΜΟϹΤΗΝΩΝ ΛΥΔΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo-Tyrimnaios on horseback, right, wearing radiate crown, naked but for chlamys, carrying double axe over shoulder; beneath horse's foreleg, lighted altar; to right, cypress
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Hochard 1340, BMC 13
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 13
2 2     P: 766 Hochard 1340f, pl. 70
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     C: Leake 2047, Asiatic Greece, p. 84.4, ex Sabatier 591
5 5     V: GR 32893
6 6     Numismatik Naumann 52 (02/04/2017), 1117, ex private collection Plankenhorn, Germany
7 7     Boston: 1970.434 MMAG 41 (18/06/1970), 425, pl. 24 = Hochard 1340a, pl. 70
8 8     V-ON Leypold I, no. 1084 = Hochard 1340e, pl. 70
9 9     V-ON Leypold I, no. 1085 = Hochard 1340c, pl. 70
10 10     Private coll. CGT = Numismatik Naumann 47 (09/10/2016), 323 = GRPCL Mostene 58
11 11     ✸ Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 26 (14/12/2014), 379
12 12     Ödemiş: Inv. 6665 SNG Turkey 7.I, no. 391
13 13     Numismatik Naumann 56 (06/08/2017), 352