RPC IV.4, 3562

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3562
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΛΒ = 32
Dating AD 191/2
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΙΛ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ ϹΕ ΕΥϹΕ ΕΥΤΥ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αἴλ(ιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κομ(μόδος) Σε(βαστὸς) Εὐσε(βὴς) Εὐτυ(χὴς)
Translation Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Pius Fortunate
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΛΒ
Edition (ἔτους) λβʹ
Translation of year 32
Reverse design Roma (or Athena) seated, left, holding Nike, resting hand on long sceptre; beside throne, shield
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.89 g
Axis 2, 11, 12
Reference D 3360, DS 9565, 12316 (on pl. 208), Geissen 2256, M 2702
Specimens 17 (6 in the core collections)
Note Conventionally described as Athena but surely Roma, as holding a sceptre and no aegis visible. Some V forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.583 BMC 1409
2 2     G SNG 4332 = MacDonald III, 487, no. 590
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61885
4 4     NY: 1974.26.3932
5 5     O: HCR27078 M 2702
6 6     V: GR 25000
7 7     A: D 2293B / 1896/7, IA 605/1032
8 8     A: D 2290 / 3445
9 9     Bern: 2963 RSN 45 (1966), 80 no. 171, pl. V
10 10     Cologne Geissen 2256
11 11     Aiello
12 12     ✸ CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 213
13 13     CNG EA 391, 15 Feb. 2017, lot 368
14 14     DS 12316 (on pl. 208) = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 331
15 15     DS 9565 = Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 427
16 16     Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 648
17 17     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 932