RPC IV.2, 3236 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3236 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Magistrate Kl. Nikomedes (strategos)
Dating 175-176
Obverse inscription Μ(sic) ΑVΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription [ƐΠΙ ϹΤ]ΡΑ Κ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟVϹ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design to l., Hygieia standing, r., feeding serpent from patera; to r., Asclepius standing, facing, head, l., holding serpent-staff; between, Telesphorus standing, facing
Metal Æ
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 11
Reference Weisser 1035
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Boston: 63.227 Hesperia Art Bulletin 21 (1962), 246, with silver plating
2 2     ✸ Triton 7 (12/01/2004), 749, both sides with traces of tooling