RPC IV.2, 225 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 225 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Aeolis
City Elaea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Without personal name but possibly part of the issues of the strategoi Titus Flavius Pyramos or Lucius Castricius Schinos
Dating c. 188–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long and wide beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΛΑΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design draped upper part of Demeter (head assimilated to portrait of Crispina), right, holding poppy and two ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 48, Cop 199
Specimens 22 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 48
2 2     Cop: 199
3 3     Weber 5559
4 4     Bern: Righetti 822
5 5     P: 321
6 6     P: 334 (11)
7 7     B: I-B
8 8     B: B-I
9 9     B: (Löbb)
10 10     V: GR 28296
11 11     V: GR 19727, under 'Aezani'
12 12     Private collection H. I.
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 134 (11/10/2004), 1956, double struck
14 14     G. Hirsch 240 (02/05/2005), 622 = G. Hirsch 253 (27/09/2007), 2599 = G. Hirsch 256 (05/05/2008), 543
15 15     Lanz 123 (30/05/2005), 636
16 16     Peus Electronic Auction 420 (18/11/2017), 6535
17 17     Lanz 125 (28/11/2005), 811 = Gorny & Mosch 152 (10/10/2006), 1790
18 18     Gorny & Mosch 134 (11/10/2004), 1955
19 19     MünzZentrum 156 (01/09/2010), 305
20 20     H.D. Rauch 76 (17/10/2005), 399
21 21     ✸ Private coll. O.T. H. = Fritz Rudolf Künker 257 (10/10/2014), 8558 = Fritz Rudolf Künker Electronic Auction 59 (25/03/2020), 8297
22 22     Gorny & Mosch 138 (07/03/2005), 1733