RPC IV, 3276


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3276 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.2
Number	3276 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Pergamum
Region	Mysia
City	Pergamum
Reign	Commodus
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate	Publius Aelius Pius (strategos)
Alliance with	Ephesus
Issue	Issue 2
Dating	c. 180–182
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) 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 rear
Reverse inscription	ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Π ΑΙ ΠΙΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΟΜΟ(ΝΟΙΑ) ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Edition	ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Π(όπλιου) Αἰ(λίου) Πίου κοινὸν ὁμόνοια Περγαμηνῶν καὶ Ἐφεσίων
Translation	under strategos Publius Aelius Pius, league of the Pergamenes and Ephesians
Reverse design	to left, bearded representative of Pergamum (Pergamos or the Demos) standing, right, holding statue of Asclepius and sceptre; to right, youthful hero of Ephesus (Androklos or Ephesos?) standing, left, holding statue of Artemis and sceptre; (between, altar)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	42 mm
Average weight	40.94 g
Axis	6, 7
Reference	Weisser 1300, Franke & Nollé 1567–76, Kampmann 105–6, nos 30–32, Martin, Demos 25–6, nos 3a and b, BMC 358
Specimens	13 (5 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	Boston: 1975.357	vA 1424 = Ratto 01/1955, coll. Giorgi, 852 = MMAG 52 (19/06/1975), 679 = Kampmann 105, no. 30.1, pl. 3 (V12, R29) = Weisser 1300, pl. 24	44.5	43.67	6		Show
2	2 ✸	L: BMC 358, pl. XXXIII.5 (rev.)	Franke & Nollé 1569, pl. 74 = Kampmann 106, no. 31.1, pl. 3 (R30) = Martin, Demos 25, no. 3a/3, pl. 3	42	41.50	6	Obv.: GIC 70 (Caracalla, laureate bust r.); GIC 480 (wreath)	Show
3	3	P: 1326	SNG 2185 = von Fritze, Pergamon, pp. 67 and 99, pl. IX.17 (rev.)	41	39.10			Show
4	4		Weber 5232 = Niggeler 609, pl. 4, reverse with altar	41	25.10			Show
5	5	P: 1327	SNG 2186 = Franke & Nollé 1575, pl. 74 (rev.) = Kampmann 106, no. 32.2, pl. 3 (R31), reverse with altar	41	38.40	6		Show
7	7	Bern: Righetti 765		43	36.89	6		Show
8	8	NY: 1953.171.538		41	39.45	6	Obv.: GIC 70 (Caracalla, laureate bust r.)	Show
9	9		CNG 88 (14/09/2011), 879, both sides with signs of tooling	42	39.13	6		Show
10	10		J. Schulman 275 (17/09/1982), 642, reverse with altar					Show
11	11		CNG Mail Bid Sale 73 (13/09/2006), 712, reverse with altar, both sides with signs of tooling	42	61.25	6		Show
12	12		Gorny 89 (05/05/1998), 318, reverse with altar	42	48.43			Show
13	13		Frank Sternberg 11 (20/11/1981), 269	43	36.99			Show
14	14	V: GR 16458		44	41.37	7		Show