RPC IV.2, 22 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 22 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus: Group 5 (whiskers and GERMANICVS)
Dating c. 179
Obverse inscription COMMODO CAE AV GER
Edition Commodo Caesari Augusto Germanico Commodo Cae(sari) Au(gusto) Ger(manico)
Translation to Commodus Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful with whiskers) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVG TROAD (TROAD in wrong order in field)
Edition coloniae Augustae Troadis col(oniae) Aug(ustae) Troad(is)
Translation of the Augustan colony of the Troad
Reverse design to left, cult statue of Apollo Smintheus standing on short column, right, holding patera and bow; to right, Alexander standing on short column, left, holding patera over lighted altar; above, eagle flying, right, holding bucranium in claws
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.86 g
Reference Bellinger A 189
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ vA 1468 = Bellinger A 189, pl. 19