RPC IV.1, 1863 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 1863 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription (Β (retrograde)) ΔΙΟΝΥϹoΠoΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design nude Heracles standing, left, resting arm on club, holding lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6
Reference vA Phryg. II, 135 corr., Tachev Commodus 40-54
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908-10-9-13 vA Phryg. II, 135, pl. 4
2 2     Private coll., Baton Rouge
3 3     Marti Hervera / Soler & Llach 1070 (28/02/2012), 174
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 686 = Private coll. H. I.
5 5     CNG EA 338, 5 Nov. 2014, lot 164 (ex Antioch Associates 63, 8 Nov. 2001, lot 51)
6 6     Solidus Numismatik EA 11, 14 Jan. 2017, lot 146
7 7     ✸ Naumann 83, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 382
8 8     Naumann 94, 4 Oct. 2020, lot 245
9 9     Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3110
10 10     Solidus Numismatik 117, 11 Apr. 2023, lot 1106