RPC IV.4, 3470

 

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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
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντων(ῖνος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβή(ς)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΕ
Edition ἔτους κεʹ (ἔτους) κεʹ
Translation of year 25
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
Average weight 9.77 g
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

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