RPC IV, 3291


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3291 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.2
Number	3291 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Pergamum
Region	Mysia
City	Pergamum
Reign	Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.)	Lucius Verus (Caesar)
Magistrate	Iulius Pollio (strategos for the second time, asiarch, and neokoros)
Dating	c. 147–161
Obverse inscription	Λ ΑΥΡ ΑΙΛ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition	Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Αἴλ(ιος) Κόμοδος
Translation	Lucius Aurelius Aelius Commodus
Obverse design	bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription	ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Ι ΠΩΛΙ ΤΟ Β ΠΕΡΓΑ
Edition	ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Ἰ(ουλίου) Πωλλ(ίωνος) τὸ βʹ Περγά(μων)
Translation	under strategos Iulius Pollio for the second time, of the Pergamenes
Reverse design	Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	20 mm
Average weight	5.25 g
Axis	1, 6, 12
Reference	Weisser 1020b corr., BMC 297 corr., Cop 488 corr.
Specimens	20 (13 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	Cop: 488, under 'Commodus'		19	5.47	12	Show
2	2	L: BMC 297, under 'Commodus'		20	4.19	12	Show
3	3	Mu: 184, under 'Commodus'		21	5.59	12	Show
4	4	Mu: 185, under 'Commodus'		20	5.12	12	Show
5	5 ✸	B: I-B, under 'Commodus'			5.88	6	Show
6	6	B: 18266041, 1845/5056		21	5.46	1	Show
7	7	B: 18266042, 1882/317		22	6.32	12	Show
8	8	P: 1307, under 'Commodus'	SNG 2163, obverse as 'Commodus'	18	3.91	12	Show
9	9	P: 1310, under 'Commodus'	SNG 2162 = Weisser 1020, pl. 18, obverse as 'Commodus'	20	6.63	12	Show
10	10		Private collection H. I.	20	5.20		Show
11	11	P: 207, under 'Commodus' and 'Nicopolis in Epirus'	M. Karamesine Oikonomidou, E Nomismatokopoia tes Nikopoleos (Athens 1975) 14, pl. 25	22	5.53	12	Show
12	12	V-ON	Leypold I, no. 420, obverse as 'Commodus'	21	4.62	12	Show
13	13	G: II, 283, no. 60, under 'Commodus'	SNG I, no. 1334, obverse as 'Commodus'	20	4.90	12	Show
14	14		Private coll. Andreas Reich	21	4.54	12	Show
15	15		H.D. Rauch Summer 2011 (19/09/2011), 735, obverse as 'Commodus'	20	4.96		Show
16	16		MünzZentrum 59 (29/10/1986), 1075 = Schulten 20 (01/04/1987), 735 = Kölner Münzkabinett 107 (07/10/2017), 22, all under 'Commodus'	20	6.76		Show
17	17	B: 18266036, I-B		20	5.88	6	Show
18	18	Verona: 75446	SNG 1456, obverse as 'Commodus', worn, perhaps similar type https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/36759	20	4.10	12	Show
19	19	NY: 1974.226.59		19	5.30	12	Show
19	19		SNG Arikantürk III, no. 994	21	4.59	1	Show