RPC IV.4, 15626 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 15626 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΛΓ = 33
Dating AD 192/3
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΙΛ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜ ƐVϹƐ ϹƐ ƐVΤV
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, r.
Reverse inscription ΡⲰΜΑΙⲰΝ ΗΡΑΚΛƐΑ L ΛΓ
Reverse design emperor (Commodus) as Heracles-Helios, radiate-headed, nude, standing, r., head, l., raising r. hand, chlamys over l. arm, holding Nike, foot on prow
Metal Debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3843, pl. VII (rev.), DS 9550–1
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms. The radiate crown, together with the figure of Nike, and the inscription together evoke Commodus' title aniketos Romaios Herakles (Invictus Romanus Hercules).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1978,0801.1 BMC Suppl 3105 = NZ 96 (1982), 68 no. 5, pl. 4 = D 3843, pl. VII (rev.) (= DS 9551)
2 2     B: 725/1900
3 3     Aiello
4 4     ✸ DS 3843 (not = D 3843) = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 245