RPC IV.4, 3401

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3401
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 182/3
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ AΥG
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
Reverse design emperor (Commodus) in military dress galloping over lion, right, brandishing spear
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 9558
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Note Obverse and reverse modelled on a medallion of AD 181-2: Gnecchi III, no. 189 (pl. 151, 14).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2719
2 2     ✸ A: D 2260 / 3405 Demetrio 2260, pl. XXVII