RPC IV.1, 4159 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #26

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4159 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Laconia
City Sparta
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ Κ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙωΝ
Edition Λακεδαιμονίων
Translation of the Lacedaemonians
Reverse design in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.93 g
Axis 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12
Reference Grunauer group XLV, BMC 79, Cop 615
Specimens 31 (12 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Copenhagen, Thorvaldsen Museum = Grunauer group XLV, pl. 26.1
2 2     B: (Löbb)
3 3     BCD 165
4 4     B: 28686 Grunauer group XLV, pl. 26.2
5 5     Cop: 615
6 6     BCD 166
7 7     BCD 167
8 8     O Grunauer group XLV, pl. 26.4
9 9     L: BMC 79
10 10     Turin: 22543
11 11     A: 4281
12 12     P: 1946 Grunauer group XLV, pl. 26.5
13 13     G: II, 151, no. 34 SNG I, no. 375
14 14     B: I-B
15 15     Turin: 22541
16 16     NY: 1944.100.38960 Grunauer group XLV, pl. 26.6
17 17     Karlsruhe
18 18     Sparta Museum
19 19     Turin: 22542
20 20     A
21 21     BCD 168
22 22     BCD 169
23 23     Göttingen Grunauer group XLV, pl. 26.10
24 24     P: no number, (Seymour de Ricci)
25 25     P: Duplicates
26 26     ✸ P: Duplicates
27 27     Freiburg: 13941
28 28     Freiburg: 13942
29 29     Leu EA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1103
30 30     CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2865
31 31     LHS 96, 8 May 2006, lot 942