URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/2934
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Volume
IV.2
Number
2934 (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
ΑΥ ΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΡΗ 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 Ϲ ΤΡ ΑΠΕΛΛΟΥ Ϲ Β ΜΕΝΕΜΑΧΟΥ ΜΥ ΤΙΛΗΝΑΙ
Edition
ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἀπέλλους βʹ Μενεμάχου Μυτιληναί(ων)
Translation
under strategos Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design
to left, Tyche standing, right, holding Dionysiac herm; to right, youthful Dionysus standing, facing, head, left, holding cantharus over lighted altar and long thyrsus
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
43 mm
Average weight
41.47 g
Axis
6
Specimens
6 (1 in the core collections)
