RPC IV.4, 3536

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3536
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΘ = 29
Dating AD 188/9
Obverse inscription Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤω ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντω(νῖνος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΘ
Edition ἔτους κθʹ (ἔτους) κθʹ
Translation of year 29
Reverse design Dikaiosyne (or Moneta) seated, left, holding scales and long sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.07 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3863, Geissen 2238, M 2679
Specimens 24 (14 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms. The seated figure on the reverse is traditionally identified as Dikaiosyne. On coins of Roman Egypt a standing female figure with scales and a long sceptre is labelled ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΥΝΗ on coins under Vespasian and Domitian but ΜΟΝΗΤΑ on coins under Marcus Aurelius. Dikaiosyne is often depicted seated but with a cornucopia rather than a sceptre. Moneta is not otherwise shown seated at Alexandria (unless misidentifed as Dikaiosyne), but she is depicted seated on imperial coins, again with a cornucopia rather than a sceptre. A standing figure of Moneta with scales and a sceptre, and money bags at her feet, is shown on AE 23 of years 28 and 29: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25725; https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25744.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1412
2 2     L: G.1968 BMC Suppl 3106
3 3     L: G.1969 BMC Suppl 3107
4 4     P: 2749
5 5     P: Doubles 451
6 6     C
7 7     G SNG 4315 = MacDonald III, 485, no. 569
8 8     Mu: 452
9 9     NY: 1974.26.3910
10 10     NY: 1944.100.61846
11 11     NY: 1944.100.61847
12 12     NY: 1944.100.61845
13 13     O: HCR27049 M 2679
14 14     V: GR 24986
15 15     A: D 2281 / 3432
16 16     A: 6746
17 17     Cologne Geissen 2238
18 18     Frankfurt Förschner 762
19 19    
20 20     ✸ CNG EA 297, 27 Feb. 2013, lot 267
21 21     CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 725
22 22     D 3863 = Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 456
23 23     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2304
24 24     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 937