RPC IV.1, 25551 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 25551 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Cassandrea
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IM L AVR COM (A shaped as Λ)
Edition Imperator Lucius Aurelius Commodus Im(perator) L(ucius) Aur(elius) Com(modus)
Translation Emperor Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG CAS (A shaped as Λ)
Edition colonia Iulia Augusta Cassandria col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Cas(sandria)
Translation the colony Julia Augusta Cassandrea
Reverse design Nymph Nysa standing, left, with bunch of grapes(?) in raised right hand, and infant Bacchus/Dionysus and cornucopia in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.12 g
Axis 6
Reference Varbanov 3, —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll. CGT = Pecunem/Naumann Auction 15, 6 April 2014, lot 354
2 2     Private coll. CGT