RPC IV.4, 3438

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3438
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΔ = 24
Dating AD 183/4
Obverse inscription Μ Α ΚΟ(ΜΜ) ΑΝΤ(ω) ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ(Ε)Β
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΚΔ
Reverse design Nike driving quadriga, left
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3868 corr. (= DS 3869)
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 8: same obv. die as 3436/1.
Note Some V forms. The same bust type appeared on medallions in AD 183 (TR P VIII) and 184 (TR P VIIII), from which it may have been copied, although it had appeared earlier on coins: Gnecchi II, nos. 69; 150; 152–3 (pls. 82, 9; 88, 4–6). On imperial coins as early as TR P V IMP III (AD 179-80; RIC III, 2).
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 96/1892
2 2     O: HCR27016
3 3     A: 3409a / 276
4 4     Stockholm
5 5     cgb.fr e-Monnaies, 31 Oct. 2017, lot 97
6 6     CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 395
7 7     D 3869 = Naville Numismatics 30, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 339 = Naville Numismatics 81, 7 May 2023, lot 426
8 8     ✸ Hirsch 264, 25 Nov. 2009, lot 613 = UBS Gold & Numismatics 83, 8 Sept. 2009, lot 262 = Sternberg 29–30. 11. 1974, 144
9 9     Sternberg 29. 11. 1974, 144
10 10     Stock Divus Numismatik