RPC IV, 17544


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/17544 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	17544 (temporary)
Province	Macedonia
Region	Macedonia
City	Cassandrea
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Issue	Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating	177–180
Obverse inscription	IM L AVR COM (A shaped as Λ)
Edition	Imperator Lucius Aurelius Commodus Im(perator) L(ucius) Aur(elius) Com(modus)
Translation	Emperor Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Commodus (lightly bearded), right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	COL IVL AVG CAS
Edition	colonia Iulia Augusta Cassandrensium col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Cas(sandrensium)
Translation	the Julio-Augustan colony of the Cassandreans
Reverse design	head of Jupiter/Zeus Ammon, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	20 mm
Average weight	4.81 g
Axis	5, 6
Specimens	5 (0 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	D. G. coll.	20	4.68	5	Show
2	2	CGT coll.	20	4.76	6	Show
3	3	CGT coll. ex Savoca 18th Blue, 30 March 2019, lot 552	19	3.63	6	Show
4	4 ✸	Roma Numismatics E-Sale-29, 27 Aug. 2016, lot 265,	22	6.14	6	Show
5	5	Savoca 288th Blue, 11 Oct. 2025, lot 190	18	4.83		Show