RPC IV.2, 365 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 365 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Aegae
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Pontikos (strategos)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) 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 ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΕ(ΩΝ)
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ποντικοῦ Αἰγαέων ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ποντικοῦ Αἰγαέων
Translation under strategos Pontikos, of the Aegaeans
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.68 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 25–6
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 25
2 2     L: BMC 26
3 3     ✸ P: 37 Wa 1266
4 4     V: GR 36598
5 5     V-ON Leypold I, no. 504
6 6     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 13 (09/10/2003), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 368