RPC IV.4, 3437

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3437
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΔ = 24
Dating AD 183/4
Obverse inscription Μ Α(ΥΡ) ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤω ϹΕ(Β) ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΝΟΙΑ ΘΕωΝ L ΚΔ
Reverse design emperor (Commodus), head covered, wearing toga, standing, left, holding patera over altar; to left, male figure holding torch; to right, two male figures, one on right holding torch; to left and right, trees, latticed barrier around base of tree on left
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3858 corr.?, pl. VIII (rev.)
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 4: same obv. die as 3434/1–2.
Note See the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25641.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61809
2 2     ✸ A: D 2264A / 3412
3 3     Frankfurt Förschner 741
4 4     Aiello
5 5     D 3858 corr., pl. VIII (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 445