RPC IV.4, 14227 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 14227 (temporary)
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 ϹƐ ƐΥϹƐ ƐΥΤΥ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, r.
Reverse inscription L ΛΒ
Reverse design Roma (or Athena) seated, l., holding Nike, resting hand on long sceptre; beside throne, shield
Metal Debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
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     O: HCR27078 M 2702
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61885
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3932
4 4     Cologne Geissen 2256
5 5     Bern: 2963 RSN 44 (1965), 80 no. 171, pl. V
6 6     L: 1864,1118.583 BMC 1409
7 7     G SNG 4332 = MacDonald III, 487, no. 590
8 8     V: GR 25000
9 9     A: D 3445 / 2290
10 10     A: D 2293B / 1896/7, IA 605/1032
11 11     Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 648
12 12     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 932
13 13     ✸ CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 213
14 14     CNG EA 391, 15 Feb. 2017, lot 368
15 15     Aiello
16 16     DS 9565 = Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 427
17 17     DS 12316 (on pl. 208) = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 331