RPC IV.4, 3400

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3400
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 182/3
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L Κ]Γ (?)
Reverse design to left, emperor (Commodus) standing, facing, head, left, in military dress, holding thunderbolt and long sceptre; to right, Nike advancing, left, crowning emperor, holding palm-branch
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Reference D 3857, pl. VIII (rev.)
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Dattari read the date as L ΚΒ upwards but no other coin of year 22 has a date reading upwards. From the image an horizontal Γ looks more plausible.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D 3857, pl. VIII (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 243