RPC IV.1, 4165 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4165 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Laconia
City Sparta
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΛΟ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Λο(ύκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑϹ [Δ] ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙωΝ
Edition ἀσ(σάρια) δʹ Λακεδαιμονίων
Translation 4 assaria, of the Lacedaemonians
Reverse design veiled female figure seated on cippus, left, resting chin on right hand, resting left hand on cippus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.79 g
Axis 9
Reference Grunauer group XLVIII.1, BMC 82
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 82, pl. XXVI.3 (rev.) Grunauer group XLVIII, pl. 27.1