RPC IV, 15162


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	IV.4
Number	3425
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Commodus
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Issue	Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating	AD 182/3
Obverse inscription	Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΚΟΜΜΟ[(Δ) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
Obverse design	laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription	L Κ]Γ
Reverse design	draped bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos, facing front
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Reference	D 3932, 3933 corr.?
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	Dattari read the Γ of the date on D 3932 and it is also reasonably clear on the rubbing in DS. The ΗΛ of ΑVΡΗΛ is otherwise found only in year 22.

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				D 3932	24				Show
2	2				D 3933 corr.?	24			Dattari read L ΚΖ?. The rubbing in DS looks more like L ΚΓ. Dattari read the obverse inscription as Μ ΑVΡΗΛ ΚΟΜΜΟΔ[, which is possible for year 23 but unparalleled for year 27, when one would expect the shorter form Μ Α ΚΟ(Μ) ΑΝΤⲰ(Ν)...	Show