RPC IV.2, 1554 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1554 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Aurelius Demostratos (strategos)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus
Dating c. 178–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΔΗΜ[ΟϹΤ]ΡΑΤΟΥ ΘΥΑΤ(Ε)ΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design to left, nude Apollo standing with foot on bucranium(?), right, resting arm on column, holding serpent; to right, nude Apollo-Tyrimnaios standing, left, wearing radiate crown(?), holding laurel-branch and double axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 2422, LS 154, no. 21
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 635 = LS 154, no. 21, pl. VI.11 (rev.) = Kraft, p. 186, pl. 87.6b
2 2     ✸ P: 1475 GRPCL Thyateira 222 = Hochard 2422a, pl. 142
3 3     P: no number, under 'Unidentified'
4 4     Hauck & Aufhäuser 20 (16/10/2007), 350, with traces of tooling