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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/2578 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.2 |
Number | 2578 (temporary) |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Cyzicus |
Region | Troas |
City | Alexandria |
Reign | Commodus |
Person (obv.) | Commodus (Augustus) |
Issue | »Kyzikos«: 1 head and COMMOD AVG |
Dating | c. 180–183 |
Obverse inscription | IMP CAI(sic) M AVR COMMOD AVG |
Edition | Imp(erator) Cai(sar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Commod(us) Aug(ustus) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate head of Commodus (short - medium length beard), right |
Reverse inscription | COL AVG TROAD |
Edition | col(onia) Aug(usta) Troad(ensium) |
Translation | the Augustan colony of the Troadenses |
Reverse design | horse grazing, right; behind, herdsman (Orodes) standing, right, looking down, holding pedum; to left, tree |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 23 mm |
Average weight | 4.65 g |
Axis | 6 |
Specimens | 3 (1 in the core collections) |