RPC IV.2, 3106 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3106 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Pollio (strategos)
Dating c. 177–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜοΔοϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Ι ΠΩΛΛ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ Β
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera, resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Weisser 1095
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 28961 Kraft, p. 186, pl. 87.3b (no external die-link!) = Weisser 1095, pl. 23
2 2     Bergama Depot (Pergamum finds OH) = A. Furtwängler, Altertümer von Pergamon XI.2. (Berlin, 1975), p. 141, no. 800, not illustrated
3 3     Private coll. Schümann
4 4     P
5 5     B: 1912/979
6 6     Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64 (20/11/2014), 1968