RPC IV.4, 3392

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3392
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 181/2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ] ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ (?)
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L Κ[Β (?)
Reverse design banquet of the gods: couch with curved sides, on which reclines Hermanubis, veiled Demeter, Isis, infant Harpocrates, and Sarapis; above gods, line of baskets or boxes; below couch, three niches containing two standing figures and Tyche reclining, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 11
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The obverse legend is possible for years 21-25. The full form ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ is otherwise found in year 21. It may be an indication of a date early in the reign or simply reflect the larger flan size of the AE 33. The Κ of the date is followed by an uncertain letter, possibly a Β. The style of portrait would fit reasonably well with year 22, cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25601; https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25594. Cf. also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25595 (year 23?). This is one of only two types of drachms from the sole reign of Commodus. It is not from the same obverse die as the other type: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25579, but the portraits are similar and the two drachm types may belong to the same date. The reverse type is also known under Commodus on a hemidrachm of year 28: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25722. It was introduced under Marcus, see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25290.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: D 2255B / 1896/7, IA 588/1010