RPC IV.2, 1740 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1740 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Tryphon
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜΟΔΟϹ [ϹΕΒ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΠΑΡΑ Π ΑΙΛ ΤΡΥΦΩΝοϹ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition παρὰ Ποπλίου Αἰλίου Τρύφωνος Ἀπαμέων παρὰ Π(οπλίου) Αἰλ(ίου) Τρύφωνος Ἀπαμέων
Translation from Publius Aelius Tryphon, of the Apameans
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.84 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 162
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 162
2 2     P: 514 Wa 5717
3 3     J.G. Kiss Coll., ex Aphrodite Auction G5, 21 Dec. 2024, lot 861