RPC IV.1, 4253 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4253 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Cassandrea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (uncertain title)
Obverse inscription M AVR COMMOD CAE[ (?) (A shaped as Λ)
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (short beard?) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG CASS (A shaped as Λ)
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Cass(andrias)
Translation Colony Julia Augusta Cassandrea
Reverse design Nymph Nysa standing, left, with bunch of grapes(?) in raised right hand, and infant Bacchus/Dionysus and cornucopia in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.52 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb) AMNG 12, pl. XIII.11 (rev.)