RPC IV.4, 14532 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 14532 (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 ΑVΡ Κ[ΟΜ ϹƐ ƐV]ϹƐ ƐΥΤΥ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r., seen from rear
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 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Conventionally described as Athena but surely Roma, as holding a sceptre and no aegis visible.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1974.26.3931