RPC IV.2, 1671 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1671 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Poemanenum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Magistrate Claudianus, son of Asklepiades, grandson of Pausanias (archon)
Issue Commodus as Caesar
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription [Λ] ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΓΕΡ(Μ) ϹΕΒ ΥΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΧ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΑϹΚΛΗ ΠΑΥϹΑ ΠΟΙΜΑ
Reverse design nude Eros standing, facing, spreading wings, holding arrow, resting arm on decorated pillar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 11
Reference Kaufmann-Stauber 44
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1562 SNG 2390 = Wa 996, pl. I.12 = Kraft, p. 160, pl. 55.13 = Kaufmann-Stauber 44, illustrated
2 2     Private coll. CGT