RPC IV.4, 3562

 

Image of specimen #12

 

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
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΛΒ
Reverse design Roma (or Athena) seated, left, 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.

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