RPC IV.3, 17513 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

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 Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Commodo Aug(usto)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription LEG XV
Edition Leg(io) XV
Translation Legion XV
Reverse design griffin seated, left, raising right paw over small wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.61 g
Axis 11
Specimens 10 (0 in the core collections)
Note See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/32558.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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
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     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