RPC IV.1, 4160 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4160 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Laconia
City Sparta
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Καῖσ(αρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΛΑΚΕ
Edition Λακε(δαιμονίων)
Translation of the Lacedaemonians
Reverse design club between caps of Dioscuri (pilei); each cap surmounted by star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.77 g
Axis 4, 10
Reference Grunauer group XLVI.1
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1947 Grunauer group XLVI, pl. 27.1
2 2     L: 1920-8-5-1349
3 3     Turin: 22540