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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/33 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.2 |
Number | 33 (temporary) |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Cyzicus |
Region | Troas |
City | Abydus |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Commodus (Augustus) |
Magistrate | Aelius Zoilos (archon for the second time, possibly asiarch) |
Issue | Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus |
Dating | c. 177–179 |
Obverse inscription | [ΑΥ Κ] Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ [ΓΕΡΜ] |
Edition | Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος Γερμ(ανικός) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus Germanicus |
Obverse design | laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΑΙΛ ΖΩΙΛ ΑϹ[Ι?] Το Β ΑΒΥΔΗΝ[ΩΝ?] (Ζ shaped as エ, tooled) |
Edition | ἐπὶ ἄρχ(οντος) Αἰλ(ίου) Ζωΐλ(ου) ἀσι(άρχου) τὸ βʹ Ἀβυδηνῶν |
Translation | under archon Aelius Zoilos, asiarch for the second time, of the Abydans |
Reverse design | to right, nude youthful hero (Abydos) standing, left, resting arm on prow, holding chlamys and spear; to left, cow with feeding calf standing under tree |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 35 mm |
Average weight | 18.14 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | GM 622, no. 203, F. Imhoof-Blumer, Nomisma 5 (1910), 29, no. 18 |
Specimens | 1 (1 in the core collections) |