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IV.4, 15337 (temporary)
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Volume
IV.4
Number
15337 (temporary)
Province
Egypt
Region
Egypt
City
Alexandria
Reign
Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)
Commodus (Augustus)
Issue
Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating
AD 177
Obverse inscription
ΑVΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design
bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription
[L ΙΖ]
Reverse design
Heracles and the Cretan bull: Heracles advancing, l., head, r., grasping horn and muzzle of bull rearing, r., head, l.; below, club(?)
Metal
Æ
Average diameter
33 mm
Average weight
30.73 g
Reference
D 3827, pl. III (obv.), pl. XV (rev.)
Specimens
2
Note
Dattari read L ΙΖ. This is plausible as the obverse inscription was used for Commodus (Augustus) in year 17 only. The youthful bare head was used years 17 and 19. Elsewhere the labours of Heracles appear on drachms in year 17 (Marcus, Heracles and the stables of Augeas), and 19 (Crispina, Heracles and the Erymanthian boar).
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1
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D 3827, pl. III (obv.), pl. XV (rev.) = Voegtli,
Heldenepen
, p. 30 (pl. 4j (rev.)) = Naville Numismatics 32, 18 June 2017, lot 303 = Figari - Mosconi 929 (no source given) = Matthijs
32
30.89
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2
Hauck und Aufhäuser 15 (21. 3. 2000), 354
33
30.57
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