RPC IV.2, 419 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 419 (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 ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
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 ϹΤΡΑ Π ΑΙ ΡΗΓΕΙΝοΥ Β ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ
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) on horseback, right, wearing military dress, raising arm; to right, helmeted soldier standing, left, holding transverse military standard and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.35 g
Axis 6
Reference von Fritze Mys. 118, Stauber 187
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     N: Fiorelli 7871, obverse as 'Elagabalus'
2 2     P: 29 SNG 46 = von Fritze Mys. 118, pl. III.8 (rev.)
3 3     vA 7199 = Kraft, p. 186
4 4     V: GR 16996 Kraft, p. 186, pl. 87.5
5 5     P: 654 Wa 790, under 'Gargara' and 'Diodoros Apollodotou', both legends completely tooled: 'ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟС СƐΒ' and 'ƐΠΙ СΤΡ ΔΙΟΔΟΡΟΥ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΓΑΡΓΑΡƐΩΝ'
6 6     CNG 88 (14/09/2011), 867
7 7     ✸ Fritz Rudolf Künker 193 (26/09/2011), 821
8 8     SNG Arikantürk III, no. 281
9 9     Boston: 63.213