RPC IV.2, 2681 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2681 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Issue Commodus as Caesar
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΑΥϹΤΡΟϹ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Edition Κάυστρος Ἐφεσίων
Translation Kaystros, of the Ephesians
Reverse design river-god Kaystros reclining, left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.07 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 364
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 786 Karwiese 364 (V9, R29)
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner 32 (24/10/2015), 34243, both sides with traces of tooling
4 4     G. Hirsch 196 (24/09/1997), 780
5 5     Kölner Münzkabinett 80, 370 = Karwiese 364 (R28)
6 6     Tire: Inv. 81-122 SNG Turkey 5.I, no. 84
7 7     Helios Numismatik 3 (29/04/2009), 376
8 8     V-Universität: Inv. 7089, ex coll. Schöller
9 9     Blancon 65 (2008), 120