RPC IV.2, 25929 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 25929 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑ[Ι Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ] ΚΟΜ[ΜΟΔΟϹ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΑΠΟΛΛ]ΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ [Π]ΡΟϹ [ΡΥΝ]ΔΑ
Reverse design to left, cult statue of nude Apollo standing, right, holding arrow, resting arm on column; to right, Artemis standing, left, raising right hand, holding uncertain object in lowered left hand; to left of goddess, four-legged animal (dog or stag?) standing, left, head, upwards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.65 g
Reference von Fritze Mys. —, M. Şahin und K. Martin, 'Eine neuer Münztyp aus Apollonia am Rhyndakos', OZeAN 8 (2026), pp. 37-45
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Apollonia ad Rhyndacum excavation, Inv. AR24_TYTR_N01 = M. Şahin und K. Martin, 'Eine neuer Münztyp aus Apollonia am Rhyndakos', OZeAN 8 (2026), pp. 37-45, esp. p. 40, Abb. 4