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)
Edition	Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Κόμμοδ(ος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation	Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription	L Κ]Γ
Edition	ἔτους κγʹ (ἔτους) κγʹ
Translation	of year 23
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.

#	Specimen	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