RPC IV.1, 4166 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4166 (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 herm of Apollo of Amyklai standing, right, wearing helmet, brandishing spear, holding bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.53 g
Axis 9
Reference Grunauer group XLVIII.2, BMC 80
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 80, pl. XXVI.1 (rev.) Grunauer group XLVIII, pl. 27.2