RPC IV.2, 3112 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3112 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aelius Glykonianos (strategos)
Issue Issue 1
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 Μ ΑΙ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΙΑΝοΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΝΕοΚοΡΩΝ Β
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αἰ(λίου) Γλυκωνιανοῦ Περγαμηνῶν νεοκόρων βʹ
Translation under strategos Marcus Aelius Glykonianos, of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design nude Zeus standing, left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; before, Thalassa (on left with rudder) and Gaia (on right with cornucopia) reclining; between them, eagle standing; in left and right fields, draped busts of Selene-Hecate and Helios, facing each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 41.24 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Weisser 1180, BMC 307
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 307, pl. XXX.4 (rev.) Kraft, p. 187
2 2     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1603 vA 1408 = Kraft, p. 187 = Weisser 1180, pl. 20
3 3     Gotha von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 56, pl. IV.7 (rev.)
4 4     B: 18265999, Löbb.
5 5     V-ON Leypold I, no. 424
6 6     Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 71 (16/05/2017), 1580, obverse double struck
8 8     Boston: 2008.1057 Frank Sternberg 11 (20/11/1981), 268
9 9     Nummitra 8, 24 Sept. 2023, lot 224