RPC IV.3, 17513 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 17513 (temporary)
Province Armenia
Region Armenia
City Satala
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES COMMODO AVG
Edition Imperatori Caesari Commodo Augusto Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Commodo Aug(usto)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription LEG XV
Edition Legio XV Leg(io) XV
Translation Legion XV
Reverse design griffin seated, left, raising right paw over small wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.53 g
Axis 6, 11
Reference Fox, Tale Cm-B1a, Dandrow, Satala Type I 
Specimens 13 (0 in the core collections)
Note See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/32558.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     G. Hirsch 224, 20 Nov. 2002, lot 669
1 1     Agora Auctions 107, 27 Sept. 2022, lot 79
2 2     Biga 14, 15 Jan. 2023, lot 437
2 2     Themis Numismatics 7, 27 June 2020, lot 735
3 3     Erzincan Reported by Duygu Özlem Yalçın. See now T.B. Mitford, Discovering Rome's Eastern Frontier (2021), p. 265 = Dandrow I.1
3 3     N&N London Electronic Auction 10, 26 Nov. 2022, lot 247
4 4     ✸ Biga Numismatics Electronic Auction 20, 10 June 2023, lot 375
5 5     CNG EA 573, 23 Oct. 2024, lot 415 = Bay Numismatics EA 4, 5 July 2024, lot 381
6 6     Bay Numismatics EA 4, 5 July 2024, lot 390
7 7     Olympus Numismatik 17, 16 Nov. 2024, lot 733
8 8     Nummitra 17, 3 Mar. 2024, lot 520
9 9     Nummitra 17, 3 Mar. 2024, lot 520
10 10     Ancient Numismatics Auctions 24, 17 Oct. 2025, lot 422 (Arabia Petraea)