RPC IV.2, 145 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 145 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Issue Commodus as Caesar: Group 2 (GERMANICVS and SARMATICVS)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription L COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM SAR
Edition L(ucio) Commodo Caes(ari) Aug(usti) fil(io) Germ(anico) Sar(matico)
Translation to Lucius Commodus Caesar, son of Augustus, Germanicus Sarmaticus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVG TROA
Edition col(onia) Aug(usta) Troa(dia)
Translation Colonia Augusta of Troas
Reverse design eagle flying, left, holding bucranium in claws
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.26 g
Axis 8
Reference Bellinger A 184, BMC 73
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 73 Bellinger A 184, pl. 19
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     Private collection Plankenhorn, Germany
4 4     O: worn, obverse legend obscure, attribution to this type uncertain