RPC IV.3, 3653 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #33

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 3653 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ (Κ) Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟ(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟϹ ΙϹ(Ε) (in three lines in wreath) ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΕωΝ ΕΤ ΘϘΡ
Edition ἱερὸς ἰσε(λαστικὸς) Ἀναζαρβέων ἔτ(ους) θϙρʹ
Translation sacred, iselastic games of the Anazarbans, of year 199
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.57 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos 210–12 and 214–22
Specimens 44 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Levante 1398 = Ziegler, Anazarbos 210.1, pl. 8
2 2     vA 5480
3 3     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 1007, pl. 52, private coll., Kaarst, Germany
4 4     L: 1901-7-6-11
5 5     Boston
6 6     B: 1929/1081
7 7     P: 175 SNG 2037
8 8     P: Delepierre SNG 2038
9 9     Private coll. C. Fontana
10 10     Private coll. C. Fontana
11 11     Frank L. Kovacs
12 12     Private coll. V. Beutler A83
13 13     Private coll. Burbach = MünzZentrum 68 or 69 (25/04/1990 or 20/09/1990), 361
14 14     A-KIKPE SNG Pfälzer, no. 3181
15 15     Private coll. Milavic
16 16     Alex G. Malloy 23 (30/10/1987), 172 = Ziegler, Anazarbos 211.1, pl. 8 (rev.)
17 17     Private coll. C. Fontana 19
18 18     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 1008, pl. 52, private coll. Karbach = Ziegler, Anazarbos 212.2, pl. 8 (rev.)
19 19     Lindgren I, A1430B
20 20     Private coll., Cologne = Hirsch 157 (//1988), 478
21 21     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 1002, pl. 51, private coll. Karbach = Ziegler, Anazarbos 214.2, pl. 8
22 22     Frank L. Kovacs
23 23     P: 172 SNG 2039 = Wa 4117
24 24     Private coll. Marcel Burstein 15
25 25     V-ON Private coll. F. Leypold
26 26     A-KIKPE SNG Pfälzer, no. 4753 = Ziegler, Anazarbos 215.2, pl. 8 (rev.)
27 27     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 1003, pl. 51, private coll. Karbach
28 28     Frank L. Kovacs
29 29     Frank L. Kovacs
30 30     Private coll. Karbach = Ziegler, Anazarbos 216.4, pl. 8 (rev.)
31 31     Smithsonian Institution = Ziegler, Anazarbos 217.1, pl. 8 (rev.)
32 32     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 1004, pl. 51, private coll. Karbach = Ziegler, Anazarbos 218.1, pl. 8 (rev.)
33 33     ✸ O See Ziegler, Anazarbos
34 34     A-KIKPE SNG Pfälzer, no. 3180 = Ziegler, Anazarbos 219.2, pl. 8 (rev.)
35 35     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 1005, pl. 51, private coll. Reuß = Ziegler, Anazarbos 220.1, pl. 8 (rev.)
36 36     Boston: 63.1169
37 37     NY: 1974.226.170 Ziegler, Anazarbos 221.1, pl. 8 (rev.)
38 38     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 1006, pl. 52, private coll. Karbach
39 39     Private coll. Burbach = Ziegler, Anazarbos 222.1, pl. 8 (rev.)
40 40     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 944, pl. 50
41 41     Leeds-UL: 942 Glendining 02/03/1994, 452
42 42     Private coll. Krengel RP 226
43 43     Boston: 64.1403
44 44     Yothr coll.