RPC IV.2, 1343 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1343 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Mostene
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Nu— Maternus (archon)
Dating c. 182–184
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (medium length beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΝΥ ΜΑΤΕΡΝοΥ ΑΡΧ ΜοϹΤΗΝΩΝ
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, Hermes standing, facing, head, left, leading horse and holding caduceus; in background, cypress
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Hochard 1342 and 1343 corr., MG 387, no. 21, LS 102, no. 9
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B LS 102, no. 9
2 2     B: I-B MG 387, no. 2, reverse as 'Amazon'
3 3     ✸ B: (Löbb) Hochard 1342a, pl. 70
4 4     Coll. Anselme de Puisaye = A. Dieudonné, RN 1900, 33, no. 2, pl. I.1 ('Amanzone à cheval'), СΤΗΝΩΝ of reverse legend retrograde
5 5     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 34 (02/08/2015), 675
6 6     MünzZentrum 62 (04/11/1987), 282 = CNG Electronic Auction 126 (09/11/2005), 178 = CNG Electronic Auction 347 (25/03/2015), 359 = GRPCL Mostene 57 = Hochard 1343a, pl. 70, misreading name of 'magistrate' as 'ΟΛΙƐΡΟΥ'