RPC IV.1, 25326 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 25326 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Caecilius Maternus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 187
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass decorated with bust of Athena and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓ(Ε) ΚΑΙΚ(ΙΛ) ΜΑΤΕΡΝοΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition ἡγεμονεύοντος Καικιλίου Ματέρνου Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν ἡγε(μονεύοντος) Καικιλ(ίου) Ματέρνου Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν
Translation during the governorship of Caecilius Maternus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Zeus standing, facing, head, left, holding thunderbolt) over eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.71 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference H&J (2006) 6.10.1.3, H&J (2014) 6.10.1.3
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
6 6     B: 2004/162 (ex private coll. Simon)
7 7     Jean Elsen 71, 20 Sep. 2002, lot 852
8 8     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1628
14 14     CNG EA 530, 4 Jan. 2023, lot 464