RPC IV.4, 3431

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3431
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΔ = 24
Dating AD 183/4
Obverse inscription Μ Α ΚΟ(Μ) ΑΝΤω ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΚΔ
Reverse design to left, bust of Sarapis, right, wearing kalathos, on short column; to right, emperor (Commodus) standing, left, wearing priestly headdress and toga, dropping incense on altar (or thymiaterion)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3845
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 4: same obv. die as 3435/1–2.
Note Bust type: see the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25634. For the reverse type see the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25640.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 446
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61801
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3889
4 4     D 3845 = Dix Noonan Webb Sale A9 (28 Sept. 2010), lot 615 (Figari - Mosconi 932)