RPC IV.2, 2946 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2946 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Aurelius Barbarus (strategos)
Dating c. 184–187
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΤΙΤοΥ ΑΥΡΗ(ΛΙοΥ) ΒΑΡΒΑΡο(Υ) ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design to left, Hephaestus seated on cippus, right, working with hammer on helmet which he holds with tongs over column; to right, Athena standing, supporting helmet, resting arm on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 2437-8
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1473 (Medaillon) Wa 7066 = Hochard 2437c, pl. 144, legends tooled
2 2     ✸ P: 1474 (Medaillon) Hochard 2437d, pl. 144
3 3     C: Lewis 1367, authenticity doubtful: cast GRPCL Thyateira 219 = GRPCL Thyateira 220
4 4     Numismatik Naumann 53 (07/05/2017), 503, misreading reverse legend as 'ЄΠΙ СΤΡΑ ΜΟСΧΙΑΝΟV ΦΙ ΘVΑΤΙΡΗΝΩΝ'
5 5     Harvard: 1993.234 MünzZentrum 72 (02/12/1991), 653
6 6     CNG Mail Bid Sale 70 (21/09/2005), 556 = Hochard 2438a, pl. 144
7 7     CNG Mail Bid Sale 57 (04/04/2001), 812
8 8     Ex Boston 1998.565 = Gemini 6 (10/01/2010), 830, ex coll. C.C. Vermeule
8 8     Papillion Numismatic 8 (19/09/2021), 304
9 9     Verona: 72216 SNG 1728