RPC IV.3, 4069 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4069 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Attalea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ (Αs with curved crossbar)
Edition Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ
Translation Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΤΤΑΛΕΩΝ (Αs with curved crossbar)
Edition Ἀτταλέων Ἀτταλέων
Translation of the Attaleans
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing, facing, head, left, holding cantharus over panther and long filleted(?) thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.26 g
Axis 6
Reference Baydur 253
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 199 SNG 266, illustrated as '261' = Wa 3280 = J.N. Svoronos, JIAN 6 (1903), 200, no. 219 = Baydur 253, pl. 13
2 2     V: GR 27518, under 'Marcus Aurelius' and 'Nacolea'
3 3     Private collection H. I.