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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος 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 στρατηγοῦ Μάρκου Αἰλίου Γλυκωνιανοῦ Περγαμηνῶν νεοκόρων βʹ 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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# Specimen 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