RPC IV.1, 25552 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 25552 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Cassandrea
Reign Commodus
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 laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG CASSAN (A shaped as Λ)
Edition colonia Iulia Augusta Cassandria col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Cassan(dria)
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 22 mm
Average weight 6.29 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 13, Varbanov 3, 3359
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bucharest-IA AMNG 13, pl. XIII.12 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     D.G. coll. (ex Fitz 1, 26 March 2023, lot 427)
2 2     ✸ Numisfitz 7, 14 Dec. 2025, lot 534
4 4     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 118, 8 April 2024, lot 1020