RPC IV.4, 3354

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3354
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating AD 178/9
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΥΠΑΤ Β
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Reverse design caduceus, serpent heads crowned with skhent, between stalks of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 11
Reference DS 9545
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 3353/1, 3, 5, 3356/1, 3366/1, 3367/1–2, 3368/1–3, 5, 3386/1. 2: same rev. die as 3317/1.
Note Date recut on reverse die from year 19.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Milan SNG 1376
2 2     ✸ DS 9545 = Lanz 20 (13. 4. 1981), 620 = Auctiones 7, 1977, 458 (Figari - Mosconi 933) illustrated KG 41.17