RPC IV.2, 3259 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3259 (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 ΝΕοΚοΡΩΝ Β
Edition ἐπὶ στ(ρατηγοῦ) Γλυκωνιανοῦ Περγαμηνῶν νεοκόρων βʹ
Translation under the strategos Glykonianos of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design winged Eros standing, facing, head, right, placing right arm on top of head, resting left arm on branch of tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.34 g
Axis 6
Reference Weisser 1130
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18231850, I-B von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 91, VI.22 (rev.) = Weisser 1130, pl. 21
2 2     Vat H. Riggauer, ZfN 8 (1881), p. 88, pl. I.17 (rev.)
3 3     Savoca Numismatik 19 (10/12/2017), 222
4 4     ✸ Kairos Numismatik 3 (24/02/2018), 392
5 5     Florence Williams, Florence (Mysia) no. 72, both sides tooled