RPC IV.4, 3497

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3497
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚϚ = 26
Dating AD 185/6
Obverse inscription Μ Α ΚΟ ΑΝΤω [ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ(ΗϹ)
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἀντω(νῖνος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβής
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚϚ
Edition ἔτους κϛʹ (ἔτους) κϛʹ
Translation of year 26
Reverse design Male figure (Heracles or Hermes?), crowned with lotus petal(?), wearing cloak(?), running, right, quiver(?) at shoulder, holding club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.95 g
Reference DS 9639
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note For the iconography compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25724 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25729.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 9639 = Naville Numismatics 76, 2 Oct. 2022, lot 249