RPC IV.2, 3032 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3032 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Aegae
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Pontikos (strategos)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΚΛ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Κλαυδίου Ποντικοῦ Αἰγαέων ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κλ(αυδίου) Ποντικοῦ Αἰγαέων
Translation under strategos Claudius Pontikos of the Aegaeans
Reverse design Isis standing, facing, head, right, wearing basilium, holding long sceptre and two attributes (two poppies or a poppy and a situla?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.68 g
Axis 6
Reference Bricault, Aigai 11
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu SNG 378
2 2     CNG 88 (14/09/2011), 901, reverse with traces of tooling