RPC IV.2, 17487 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 17487 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Ilium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Issue Commodus as Caesar: Issue 2 (»Kyzikos«)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ ΓΕΡ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ Γερμανικός Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Καῖσ(αρ) Γερ(μανικός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar Germanicus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΚΑΜΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΙΛΙΕΩΝ
Edition Σκάμανδρος Ἰλιέων Σκάμανδρος Ἰλιέων
Translation Scamander of the Ilieans
Reverse design river-god Skamandros reclining, left, holding reed, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.95 g
Axis 12
Reference Bellinger T —, von Fritze, Ilion
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
5 5     ✸ Private coll. Walter Holt