RPC IV.4, 14533 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 14533 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΛΓ = 33
Dating AD 192/3
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΙΛ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜ ƐVϹƐ ϹƐ ƐΥΤΥ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, r.
Reverse inscription ΡⲰΜΑΙƱΝ ΗΡΑΚΛƐΑ L ΛΓ
Reverse design to l., emperor (Commodus) as Heracles, laureate-headed, nude, lionskin over arm, standing, facing, head, l., holding apples, resting on club; to r., Nike standing, l., placing wreath on emperor's head, holding palm-branch
Metal Debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS pl. 320, 599
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61891
2 2     P: 2765
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 398
4 4     CNG EA 369, 24 Feb. 2016, lot 460