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
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντω(νῖνος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβής
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚϚ ΒΡΕΤΤΑΝΝΙ
Edition ἔτους κϛʹ Βρετταννικός (ἔτους) κϛʹ Βρετταννι(κός)
Translation of year 26, Britannicus
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
Average weight 12.19 g
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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# Specimen 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