RPC IV.2, 1539 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1539 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Athenaios (strategos)
Dating c. 188–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚοΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long and wide beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀθηναίου Θυατειρηνῶν
Translation under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Athenaios, of the Thyatirans
Reverse design to left, Hephaestus seated on cippus, right, working with hammer on helmet which he holds with tongs over column; to right, Athena standing, supporting helmet, resting arm on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 37.93 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 2441, BMC 82
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 82, pl. XXXI.5 (rev.)
2 2     B: I-B Hochard 2441d, pl. 144
3 3     G: II, 469, no. 14 SNG I, no. 1358 = GRPCL Thyateira 213
4 4     NY: 1944.100.49498 Hochard 2441b, pl. 144
5 5     Gorny 60 (05/10/1992), 429 = G. Hirsch 178 (12/05/1993), 902, pl. 36 = G. Hirsch 180 (24/11/1993), 797 = G. Hirsch 183 (20/09/1994), 1265, obverse and reverse images and legends heavily tooled, thus attribution to this type not entirely certain
6 6     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15 (21/10/2004), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 878 = GRPCL Thyateira 212
7 7     Winterthur: G 6701 Lanz 30 (26/11/1984), 615, on reverse centre of coin tooled