RPC IV.4, 3470

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3470
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚƐ = 25
Dating AD 184/5
Obverse inscription Μ Α ΚΟ ΑΝΤΩ(Ν) ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒΗ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΕ
Reverse design helmeted bust of Ares (or Roma), right, wearing balteus (sword belt) (or garment unfastened from one shoulder?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3931, Geissen 2261
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same rev. die.
Note Date altered on die from L ΚΔ to L ΚƐ. The diagonal line on the bust on the reverse is probably a balteus, a sword belt worn over the shoulder, in which case the deity would be Ares, as on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/22540. It might just be intended to indicate a garment unfastened from one shoulder to expose one of Roma's breasts. Both Dattari and Geissen described the type as Roma. For the type in year 23: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25617.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.82159
2 2     O: HCR34430 ?= D 3931
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2261