RPC IV.4, 3377

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3377
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 180/1
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜ(Ο) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ(Ε)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμμο(δος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 21
Reverse design emperor (Commodus) in military dress, brandishing spear, galloping, right, over fallen foe (or foes?), wearing high cap, with his horse(?)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.19 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3851, DS 9556–7, Geissen 2203, M 2625
Specimens 19 (9 in the core collections)
Note Some Ʊ forms. Commodus brandishes a short spear, which on some can appear more lke a thunderbolt. The carnage below the horse is unclear. It may be a foe fallen with his horse or two fallen foes.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.568 BMC 1430, pl. XXVII (rev.)
2 2     P: 2693
3 3     P: 2699
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     B: 96/1892
6 6     C
7 7     NY: 1944.100.61780
8 8     O: HCR26989
9 9     O: HCR26990 M 2625
10 10     A: D 2250B / 3396
11 11     A: D 2254A / 3399
12 12     A-BoG: Petsali 16.3406
13 13     Cologne Geissen 2203
14 14     Aiello
15 15     Aiello
16 16     ✸ CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 392
17 17     CNG EA 362, 28 Oct. 2015, lot 345
18 18     D 3851 = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 381
19 19     DS 9556 = Naville Numismatics 50, 23 June 2019, lot 308