RPC IV.2, 3958 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3958 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Lydia
City Tripolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Issue bare Commodus (youthful) with Αὐτοκράτωρ title
Dating probably 176–177, otherwise 176–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Leto advancing, left, head, right, carrying her two children; Artemis raising both hands, Apollo turning back, holding strung bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Trade, USA = CNG Electronic Auction 115 (25/05/2005), 241
2 2     ✸ CNG Electronic Auction 160 (14/03/2007), 206 = GRPCL Tripolis (formerly Apollonia) 122, obverse double struck, perhaps with traces of tooling