Image of specimen #4 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/298 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.2 |
Number | 298 (temporary) |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Smyrna |
Region | Ionia |
City | Smyrna |
Reign | Commodus |
Person (obv.) | Commodus (Augustus) |
Magistrate | Aelius Herakleides (strategos) |
Alliance with | Athens |
Dating | c. 184–190 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ |
Edition | Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus |
Obverse design | laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ϹΤΡ ΑΙ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ ΟΜΟ ΑΘΗΝΑΙ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ |
Edition | στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αἰ(λίου) Ἡρακλείδου ὁμό(νοια) Ἀθηναί(ων) Σμυρναίων |
Translation | under the strategos Aelius Herakleides, concord of the Athenians and Smyrnaeans |
Reverse design | to left, Athena standing, right, holding spear; to right, turreted Cybele seated, left, resting arm on tympanum; both clasping hands |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 34 mm |
Average weight | 21.61 g |
Axis | 5, 6, 7 |
Reference | Klose LXXXI, Serie E, 16–17, Franke & Nollé 2049–55 |
Specimens | 8 (5 in the core collections) |