Image of specimen #4 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/227 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.2 |
Number | 227 (temporary) |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Pergamum |
Region | Aeolis |
City | Elaea |
Reign | Commodus |
Person (obv.) | Commodus (Augustus) |
Magistrate | Lucius Castricius Schinos (strategos for the second time) |
Dating | c. 191 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΛΟ ΑΙΛ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ |
Edition | Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λο(ύκιος) Αἴλ(ιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus |
Obverse design | laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long and wide beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ϹΤΡΑ Λ ΚΑϹΤΡΙ ϹΧΕΙΝΟΥ ΤΟ Β ΕΛΑΙΤΩΝ |
Edition | στρα(τηγοῦ) Λ(ουκίου) Καστρί(κιου) Σχείνου βʹ Ἐλαιτῶν |
Translation | of the strategos Lucius Castricius Schinos, for the second time, of the Elaeans |
Reverse design | to left, Athena seated, right, feeding serpent entwined around tree; leaning against her seat, shield; to right, Zeus seated, left, holding patera and long sceptre |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 42 mm |
Average weight | 39.80 g |
Axis | 6, 12 |
Specimens | 4 (2 in the core collections) |