RPC IV.2, 263 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 263 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Arizelos (strategos)
Issue Commodus as Caesar and Lucilla Augusta
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡ ΠΟ ΑΙ ΑΡΙΖΗΛ[ΟΥ] ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙ[ΩΝ]
Reverse design in centre, Semele seated, left, head, facing, raising right hand to top of head, being supported by Dionysus seated, facing, head, left; to left, small cult statue of Dionysus Breiseus on cippus, right, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Klose LIII, Serie B, 11
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 17806 Klose LIII, Serie B, 11, pl. 42 (R10)