RPC IV.2, 1755 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1755 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Aezani
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Tatianos (first archon)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΛ ΤΑΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΑΙΖΑΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Κλ(αυδίου) Τατιανοῦ ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Αἰζανειτῶν
Translation under Claudius Tatianos, first archon, of the Aezanites
Reverse design turreted Cybele seated, left, holding patera over lion, resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 20.46 g
Axis 9
Reference vA Aizanoi 62, A. Engel, RN 1884, 27, no. 18
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. M. Lawson = A. Engel, RN 1884, 27, no. 18, pl. I.8 (drawing)
2 2     ✸ P: 240 Wa 5580, pl. XV.6 (rev.), misreading name of 'magistrate' as 'Κ.ΑΤΑΤΡΑΝΟV' = vA Aizanoi 62, pl. 77