RPC IV.1, 17234 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 17234 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Attalos (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating AD 184/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΚΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙ ΠΡΟϹ Ι
Edition ἡγε(μονεύοντος) Κλ(αυδίου) Ἀττάλου Νικοπολι(τῶν) πρός Ἴ(στρον)
Translation during the governorship of Claudius Attalos, of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera over eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.86 g
Reference AMNG —, HH&J 8.10.1.1
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll.
2 2     ✸ Private coll. Curtis Clay, ex Lanz