RPC IV.2, 3113 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3113 (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 ϹΤ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕοΚοΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στ(ρατηγοῦ) Γλυκωνιανοῦ Περγαμηνῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under the strategos Glykonianos of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design Cybele seated in biga drawn by lions, left, holding tympanum; behind, Corybant walking, left, playing tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.52 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Weisser 1440
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1318 SNG 2170 = von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 65, pl. V.20 (rev.) = Kraft, p. 188, pl. 88.15b = Weisser 1440, pl. 20
2 2     CNG 22 (02/09/1992), 581
3 3     Milan: coll. Brera 4993
4 4     Private coll. CGT, ex Gitbud & Naumann
5 5     Private coll. F. Vink, Netherlands = Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 720, both sides with traces silver cover?, reverse with tracles of tooling?