RPC IV.1, 3949 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3949 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Commodus Orfitianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλι(ος) Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓ[Ε Ι] ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΥ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Edition ἡγε(μόνος) Ἰ(ουλίου) Κομμοδού Περινθίων
Translation of the governor Iulius Commodus of the Perinthians
Reverse design veiled Demeter standing, facing, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.75 g
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 392
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Bucharest-IA: 62/1292 (ex coll. A. Soutzo) Schönert, Perinthos 392, pl. 21 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin