RPC IV.1, 17234 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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 188–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ [Λ ΑΙΛ ΑΥΡ?] ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αἴλ(ιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΚΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙ ΠΡΟϹ Ι
Edition ἡγε(μόνος) Κλ(αυδίου) Ἀττάλου Νικοπολι(τῶν) πρός Ἴ(στρον)
Translation of the governor 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 —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll.
2 2     ✸ Private coll. Curtis Clay, ex Lanz