RPC IV.2, 2463 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2463 (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 Demeter standing, left, holding long sceptre, poppy and two ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference GM 632, no. 247
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B GM 632, no. 247, pl. VIII.14 (rev.)
2 2     B: (Löbb)
3 3     C McClean III, 7944, pl. 274.11
4 4     V: GR 32448, under 'Septimius Severus'
5 5     Falghera 1180, under 'Sala'
6 6     Private collection H. I.
7 7     ✸ Lanz 123 (30/05/2005), 635 = Nomos 6 (08/05/2012), 156
8 8     Private coll. O.T. H. = Gorny & Mosch 134 (11/10/2004), 1953 = Cederlind 136 (26/10/2005), 110 (non vidi) = CNG Electronic Auction 375 (01/06/2016), 548
9 9     Private coll. CGT, ex Gerhard Rohde
10 10     Lanz 125 (28/11/2005), 812 = G. Hirsch 247 (21/09/2006), 2382 = Fritz Rudolf Künker 168 (12/03/2010), 7792