RPC IV.2, 1841 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1841 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Ceretapa Diocaesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Apollonios, son of Andronikos
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖ(νος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΑΡ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ΑΝΔΡΟΝΙΚΟΥ ΚΕΡΕΤΑΠΕΩΝ
Edition παρ(ὰ) Ἀπολλωνίου Ἀνδρονίκου Κερεταπέων
Translation from Apollonios, son of Andronikos, of the Ceretapaeans
Reverse design nude Heracles (youthful) standing, facing, head, left, wearing lion-scalp, resting arm on club, holding lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.24 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Phryg. I, 499–500
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb) vA Phryg. I, 499, pl. 15, authenticity doubtful: cast?
2 2     Smithsonian Institution
3 3     G: II, 481, no. 3, pl. 56.18 (rev.) Robert, Villes, p. 107, n. 1, suggesting to restore the reverse legend incorrectly as ΚΕΡΕΤΑΠΕΩΝ '[ΔΙΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ]' = SNG I, no. 1935 = vA Phryg. I, 501, pl. 15
4 4     Numismatik Naumann 47 (09/10/2016), 333 (before cleaning) = CNG Electronic Auction 401 (12/07/2017)), 303 (after cleaning)
5 5     CNG 22 (02/09/1992), 605
6 6     V-ON Leypold II, no. 1606