RPC IV.3, 25301 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 25301 (temporary)
Province Armenia
Region Armenia
City Satala
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [IMP] CAES COMOΔO[ ]
Edition Imperator Caesar Comodo--- Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Comodo[---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Commodus [---]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription LEG XV
Edition Legio XV Leg(io) XV
Translation Legion XV
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding branch and bow, between two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.80 g
Axis 6
Reference Fox, Tale Cm-A1a
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
Note Many thanks to Mark Fox, for coins 2-5. He has published an article on the coins as 'A Tale of Four Ancient Cities and Their Newly Discovered Coins' in The Numismatist (January 2025), pp. 39-45. For the reverse type, compare  Apollo standing l., holding branch and bow, between two standards at Caesarea under Severus Alexander: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/49851 
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     SPQR Collection 2, 12–13 Sept. 2024, lot 430
2 2     ✸ M. Fox Coll., ex Zeus Numismatics WA 25, 23 Oct. 2022, lot 298
3 3     M. Fox Coll., ex Bay Numismatics EA 4, 5 July 2024, lot 382
4 4     Bay Numismatics EA 4, 5 July 2024, lot 384
5 5     Satala find: see C. Lightfoot, ' The Coins from Satala', in R. Ashton (ed.), Studies in Ancient Coinage from Turkey (London, 1996), pp. 147-50, at 148, no. 7 (https://www.academia.edu/32685101/The_Coins_from_Satala)
6 6     Biga Numismatics EA 38, 27 June 2025, lot 258
7 7     Biga Numismatics EA 38, 27 June 2025, lot 259