| URI |
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/404
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| Volume |
IV.2 |
| Number |
404 (temporary) |
| Province |
Asia
|
| Subprovince |
Conventus of Adramyteum
|
| Region |
Lesbus
|
| City |
Methymna
|
| Reign |
Commodus
|
| Person (obv.) |
Commodus (Augustus)
|
| Issue |
Without personal name but probably part of the issue of Tiberius Claudius —, strategos
|
| Dating |
c. 180–184 |
| Obverse inscription |
ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ |
| Edition |
Κόμοδος
|
| Translation |
Commodus |
| Obverse design |
laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short - medium length beard?) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear |
| Reverse inscription |
ΜΗΘΥΜΝΑΙΩ[Ν?] |
| Edition |
Μηθυμναίων
|
| Translation |
of the Methymnaeans |
| Reverse design |
head of Dionysus Phallen (with long pointy beard) wearing tiara-like headdress, right |
| Metal |
copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter |
15 mm |
| Average weight |
2.32 g |
| Axis |
6 |
| Reference |
Franke, Methymna II.16, F. Imhoof-Blumer, ZfN 20 (1897), 285, no. 4 |
| Specimens |
2 (2 in the core collections) |
