RPC IV.2, 304 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 304 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Herakleides (strategos)
Alliance with Sparta
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(Α) (ΑΙ) ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ ΟΜΟ ϹΜΥΡ ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Αἰ(λίου) Ἡρακλείδου ὁμό(νοια) Σμυρ(ναίων) Λακεδαι(μονίων)
Translation concord of the Smyrnaeans and the Lacedaemonians, under the strategos Aelius Herakleides
Reverse design to left, hero Lakedaimonios standing, facing, head, right, holding branch and spear; beside, shield; to right, turreted Cybele seated, left, holding patera, resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.61 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Klose LXXXI, Serie E, 33–5, Franke & Nollé 2010–18, M. Price, NC 1971, 131, no. 19
Specimens 10 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.47100
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     ✸ P: 2607 Klose LXXXI, Serie E, 33, pl. 60 (R32) = Franke & Nollé 2112, pl. 94 (rev.)
4 4     V: GR 17808
5 5     C McClean III, 8334, pl. 290.1
6 6     B: (Fox) Klose LXXXI, Serie E, 34, pl. 60 (R33) = Franke & Nollé 2115, pl. 94 (rev.)
7 7     G: II, 390, no. 279 SNG I, no. 1541
8 8     L: 1969,1108.1 M. Price, NC 1971, 131, no. 19, pl. 26 = Klose LXXXI, Serie E, 35, pl. 60 (V11, R34) = Franke & Nollé 2118, pl. 92 (obv.), pl. 94 (rev.), reverse legend with ΛΑΚΑΙ(sic) instead of ΛΑΚƐΔΑΙ
9 9     Baldwin's
10 10     Tire: Inv. 5346 SNG Turkey 5.I, no. 132