RPC IV.2, 1553 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1553 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Artemidoros II, grandson of Florus (strategos)
Dating c. 191–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΙΛ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αἴλ(ιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aelius 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 ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡοΥ Β ΦΛΩΡοΥ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Ἀρτεμιδώρου βʹ Φλώρου Θυατειρηνῶν
Translation under strategos Artemidoros II, grandson of Florus, of the Thyatireans
Reverse design to left, Asclepius standing, facing, head, right, holding serpent-staff; to right, nude Apollo-Tyrimnaios standing, facing, head, left, wearing radiate crown, holding laurel-branch and double axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 42.75 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 2446, LS 153, no. 19
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu SNG 636 = LS 153, no. 9 = Hochard 2446a pl. 145
2 2     H.-W. Müller [Solingen] 43 (09/09/1983), 614 = Kölner Münzkabinett 106 (11/03/2017), 383, under 'Pergamum', worn, obverse legend obscure
3 3     J. Hirsch 13 (15/05/1905), coll. Rhousopoulos, 4073, pl. = GRPCL Thyateira 232 = GRPCL Thyateira 248, wrongly under 'Strategos M. Stratonikianos'