RPC IV, 2935


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/2935 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.2
Number	2935 (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 Α[ΠΕΛΛΟΥϹ Β] ΜΕΝΕΜΑΧΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition	ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἀπέλλους βʹ Μενεμάχου Μυτιληναίων
Translation	under the strategos Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design	to left, Nike advancing, right; to right, youthful Commodus standing, left, wearing military dress, holding spear; both holding laurel wreath between them
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	43 mm
Average weight	44.69 g
Axis	1, 6, 7, 12
Specimens	7 (5 in the core collections)

Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	P: 337 (Medaillon), obverse legend tooled: 'ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟС'		43	47.19	12		Show
2	P: 338 (Medaillon), obverse legend tooled		43	46.61	6	Obv.: GIC 422 (lyre in a circle of dots (on obverse))	Show
3	Mu	SNG 798	40	37.04	7	Obv.: GIC 249 (Dionysus, terminal figure on prow)	Show
4	NY: 1953.171.620		42	45.89	1	Obv.: GIC 422 (lyre in a circle of dots (on obverse))	Show
5 ✸	NY: 1954.67.2		43	44.19	6		Show
6		E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 185, pl. 12	44	44.50	6	Obv.: GIC 249 (Dionysus, terminal figure on prow)	Show
7		CNG Electronic Auction 301 (24/04/2013), 175, under 'Hierapolis-Castabala'	45	49.89	12		Show

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