RPC IV.2, 17415 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 17415 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Asinius Frugi (archon)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜοΔοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ (Δ with long serifs)
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ΑϹΙΝ ΦΡοΥΓΙ ΑΡΧο ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ (Δ with long serifs)
Edition ἐπὶ Γ(άϊου) Ἀσιν(ίου) Φρουγί(ου) ἄρχο(ντος) Σαρδιανῶν
Translation under Gaius Asinius Frugi, archon, of the Sardians
Reverse design emperor (Marcus Aurelius) galloping over Persian foe, right, wearing military dress, raising arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G. Hirsch 217 (27/09/2001), 1960, pl. 24, obverse tooled