RPC IV.4, 3488

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3488
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚϚ = 26
Dating AD 185/6
Obverse inscription Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤω ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒΗϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚϚ ΒΡΕΤΤΑΝΝΙ
Reverse design emperor (Commodus), laureate-headed, in military dress, standing, facing, head, left, holding Nike on globe and long sceptre; either side, at feet, bound captives
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 11
Reference D 3842, pl. VII (rev.), DS 9549
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Type probably modelled on medallions of AD 185, where the figure of the emperor is similar but where the captives are lacking: Gnecchi II, Commodus no. 83 (pl. 83, 8).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 28798
2 2     D 3842, pl. VII (rev.)
3 3     DS 9549 = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 383