RPC IV.2, 3551 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3551 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Dardanus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟ[ΜΟΔΟϹ] [Κ?][ΑΙϹΑΡ] (retrograde, Αs with curved crossbar)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΑΡΔΑΝΙωΝ (Α with curved crossbar)
Edition Δαρδανίων
Translation of the Dardanians
Reverse design to right, cow suspended from pole, left; on back of cow, man grasping her horn, slaughtering her with knife; to left, altar(?) in front of temple
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.34 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1970.142.374