RPC IV.2, 1379 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1379 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Orestinos (archon)
Issue Group 1: ΚΟΜΟΔΟⳞ
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (long beard), right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ οΡΕϹΤΕΙΝοΥ ΑΡΧΟΝ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΦΛΕΩΝ(sic) (Φs shaped as ·Ι·)
Edition ἐπὶ Ὀρεστείνου ἄρχον(τος) Φιλαδελφέων
Translation under Orestinos archon, of the Philadelphians
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head, left, holding spear, resting arm on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 14.85 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Hochard 1496, KM 181, no. 7
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 3869 = KM 181, no. 7 = Hochard 1496a, pl. 79
2 2     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-2009 vA 3078
3 3     Lindgren I, 781
4 4     Frank Sternberg 6 (25/11/1976), 831
5 5     Private coll. CGT, ex Gerhard Rohde = GRPCL Philadelphia 291