RPC IV.2, 418 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 418 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Adramyteum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Rheginos II (strategos)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus
Dating 177–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥ[ΤΟ]ΚΡΑ Κ Λ Α[Υ]ΡΗ ΚΟ[Μ]ΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ [Ϲ]Τ[Ρ]Α Π ΑΙ Ρ[Η]ΓΕΙΝ[ΟΥ Β? Α]ΔΡΑΜΥ[ΤΗ]ΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Π(ουβλίου) Αἰ(λίου) Ῥηγείνου βʹ Ἀδραμυτηνῶν
Translation under the strategos Publius Aelius Rheginos II, of the Adramyteans
Reverse design to left, emperor (Marcus Aurelius, bearded) standing, left, wearing military dress, holding patera over lighted altar and sword; to right, Nike standing, left, crowning emperor, holding palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Reference von Fritze Mys. 117, Stauber 186
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ex private coll. B. Yakountchikov, St Petersburg = von Fritze Mys. 117, pl. III.7 (rev.), rev. cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin