RPC IV.2, 3042 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3042 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) 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 ΑΠΕΛΛΟΥϹ 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 emperor (Commodus) standing, left, wearing military dress, erecting trophy, holding short sceptre; before trophy, bound captive seated, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 43.36 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 17003 (Medaillon)
2 2     Lanz 112 (25/11/2002), 568
3 3     Florence: Inv. 35726/67 S. Bani, M. Benci and A. Vanni, I Medaglioni Provinciali e i Contorniati Romani nelle raccolte del Monetiere del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze. Vol. II (Florence, 2012), 32, no. 26