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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/21 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | IV.2 |
| Number | 21 (temporary) |
| Province | Asia |
| Subprovince | Conventus of Cyzicus |
| Region | Troas |
| City | Abydus |
| Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
| Person (obv.) | Commodus (Augustus) |
| Magistrate | Aelius Zoilos (archon for the second time, possibly asiarch) |
| Issue | Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus |
| Dating | c. 177–179 |
| Obverse inscription | ΑΥ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ |
| Edition | Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος |
| Translation | Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus |
| Obverse design | laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear |
| Reverse inscription | ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΑΙΛ ΖΩΙΛ ΑΒΥΔΗ |
| Edition | ἐπὶ ἄρχ(οντος) Αἰλ(ίου) Ζωΐλ(ου) Ἀβυδη(νῶν) |
| Translation | under archon Aelius Zoilos, of the Abydans |
| Reverse design | galley with six rowers and helmsman, right |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 26 mm |
| Average weight | 8.31 g |
| Axis | 12 |
| Specimens | 4 (3 in the core collections) |
Specimens of this coin type
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vA 1456 = J. Hirsch 13 (15/05/1905), coll. Rhousopoulos, 3390, not illustrated = Kraft, p. 160, pl. 55.14 corr., describing this coin but illustrating wrongly https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/36201/https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/191374 with a temple on reverse instead | |
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Mu | SNG 34 |
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B: 1896/468 | |
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V: GR 16576 |
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