RPC IV.2, 368 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 368 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Koinon of Lesbos
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Pom(peius?) Septorianus (strategos)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚοΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) 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 ϹΤΡΑ ϹΕΛΤΩΡΙΑΝοΥ(sic) ΚοΙΝοΝ ΛΕϹΒΙΩΝ (?)
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Σεπτωριανοῦ Κοινὸν Λεσβίων
Translation under strategos Septorianus, Koinon of the Lesbians
Reverse design to left, emperor (Commodus) standing, facing, head, left, wearing military dress, holding patera over lighted altar and spear; to right, female personification of Lesbos standing, left, crowning emperor, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.71 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference BMC 3–4
Specimens 11 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 3
2 2     L: BMC 4
3 3     G: II, 314, no. 12 SNG I, no. 1309, both sides with traces of tooling
4 4     G: II, 314, no. 13 SNG I, no. 1310
5 5     L: 1906-11-3-2631
6 6     P: 51
7 7     B: (Fox)
8 8     NY: 1944.100.44592, under 'Mytilene'
9 9     NY: 1953.171.621, obverse heavily tooled into youthful bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum
10 10     ✸ H.-W. Müller [Solingen] 40 (17/12/1982), 262 = Kölner Münzkabinett 107 (07/10/2017), 45
11 11     Private coll. W. Holt