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| Image of specimen #6 | |
| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/2932 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | IV.2 |
| Number | 2932 (temporary) |
| Province | Asia |
| Subprovince | Conventus of Pergamum |
| Region | Lesbus |
| City | Mytilene |
| Reign | Commodus |
| Person (obv.) | Commodus (Augustus) |
| Magistrate | Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos (strategos) |
| Dating | c. 180–182 |
| Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ |
| Edition | Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος |
| Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus |
| Obverse design | laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front |
| Reverse inscription | ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΠΕΛΛΟΥϹ Β ΜΕΝΕΜΑΧΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ |
| Edition | ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἀπέλλους βʹ Μενεμάχου Μυτιληναίων |
| Translation | under strategos Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos, of the Mytileneans |
| Reverse design | emperor (Commodus) standing in quadriga, left, holding palm-branch; to left, quadriga led by soldier carrying military standard; in background, trophy on base with two captives |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 43 mm |
| Average weight | 45.56 g |
| Axis | 6 |
| Specimens | 9 (4 in the core collections) |
Specimens of this coin type
| Number | Obverse | Reverse | Museum | Bibliography |
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P: 333 (Medaillon), tooled | |
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P: 335 (Medaillon) | |
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Mu | SNG 799 = Kraft, p. 187, pl. 88.14b, misreading the name of the 'magistrate' as on the tooled specimen 4 |
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Rome: 80293 | Prowe III, 801, pl. XIII = Kraft, p. 187, reverse legend tooled: 'ƐΝ ΙСΤΡΑ ΓƐΛΛΟVС Κ ΜΕΝΕΜΑΧΟV ΜVΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ' = Calomino MNR 183 |
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Lanz 80 (26/05/1997), 432 = CNG 51 (15/09/1999), 878 | |
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G: II, 318, no. 16 | SNG I, no. 1314F, tooled |
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Ponterio & Associates Sale 150 - ANA Auction (08/08/2009), 8380 | |
| 8 |
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Antioch Associates 35 (26/06/2001), 87 = CNG Electronic Auction 117 (29/06/2005), 123, worn | |
| 9 |
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CNG Electronic Auction 357 (12/08/2015), 243, worn |
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